Constituency
88. Madhaipur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-MADHAIPUR
INC 39.8%won by 8.9%PSP 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.8% to 8.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 31.0% — 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
38,762
Margin
3,436
8.86%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1PREMCHAND MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC15,44439.8%
- 2BASUDEO PRASAD MAHTOPraja Socialist Party · PSP12,00831.0%
- 3SITARAM MANDALSwatantra Party · SWA5,43714.0%
- 4MOHAMMAD YUNUSIndependent · IND4,24310.9%
- 5BHOLA MISHRAJS · JS1,6304.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −37.1%
- INC share
- 46.0% → 39.8%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —