Constituency
91. Bahera West
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-BAHERA-WEST
INC 64.8%won by 35.2%PSP 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 32.8% to 35.2%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
36,821
Margin
12,952
35.18%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1HARINATH MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC23,87364.8%
- 2GANGA PRASAD YADAVPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,92129.7%
- 3RAMCHANDRA RAISwatantra Party · SWA2,0275.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +2.4%
- INC share
- 66.4% → 64.8%
- PSP share
- 33.6% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- — → —