Constituency
87. Phulparas
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-PHULPARAS
INC 38.0%won by 2.4%SOC 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.3% to 2.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
30,864
Margin
728
2.36%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1RASIK LAL YADAVIndian National Congress · INC11,72938.0%
- 2DHANIK LAL MANDALSOC · SOC11,00135.6%
- 3RASIK LAL YADAVPraja Socialist Party · PSP8,13426.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOC swing
- −44.6%
- INC share
- 47.0% → 38.0%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- — → —