Constituency
71. Sitamarhi South
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-SITAMARHI-SOUTH
INC 41.3%won by 19.7%SWA 21.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.6% to 41.3% of the vote here (+19.7%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 21.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 62.9% of the vote between them, up from 52.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
41,733
Margin
8,220
19.70%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KISHORI LAL SAHIndian National Congress · INC17,22541.3%
- 2JANAKDHARI SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA9,00521.6%
- 3RAM PADARATH PRASAD YADAVJS · JS7,26417.4%
- 4JAIKISHORE SINHAIndependent · IND3,0597.3%
- 5NARENDRA SHRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND2,6486.3%
- 6NAW KISHORE MAHTOSOC · SOC2,5326.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −1.9%
- INC share
- 21.6% → 41.3%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 21.6%
- Turnout
- — → —