Constituency
93. Darbhanga Central
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-DARBHANGA-CENTRAL
INC 51.5%won by 27.4%JS 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.0% to 27.4%.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 24.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.6% of the vote between them, up from 60.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
43,804
Margin
12,017
27.43%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAMESHWAR PRASAD SINHAIndian National Congress · INC22,56551.5%
- 2SURENDRA SUMAN JHAJS · JS10,54824.1%
- 3MUSHTAQUE ALI KHANSwatantra Party · SWA9,59821.9%
- 4MAHMAD KHALIL RAHMAN KHANSOC · SOC1,0932.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −17.0%
- INC share
- 44.4% → 51.5%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —