Election
Constituency

74. Sursand

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-SURSAND

INC 54.1%won by 29.0%SWA 25.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.6% to 29.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 25.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
46,109
Margin
13,366
28.99%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−36.9%
INC share
65.8% 54.1%
SWA share
0.0% 25.1%
Turnout