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73. Sonabarsa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-SONABARSA

IND 46.7%won by 0.8%INC 45.9%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.9% to 0.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 54.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 424 votes (0.77%) — among the closest results anywhere.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
54,985
Margin
424
0.77%

Candidates

5 contested · winner IND
  1. 1SITARAM MAHTOIndependent · IND25,66346.7%
  2. 2RAM NANDAN RAIIndian National Congress · INC25,23945.9%
  3. 3ANAND BHAGATIndependent · IND2,0843.8%
  4. 4UDIT NARAIN PURBEYSwatantra Party · SWA1,1362.1%
  5. 5NASIRUDDIN HYDER KHANIndependent · IND8631.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–INC swing
−12.1%
IND share
33.7% → 46.7%
INC share
20.9% → 45.9%
Turnout
— → —
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