Election
Constituency

97. Warisnagar West

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-WARISNAGAR-WEST

INC 45.4%won by 7.8%PSP 37.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.2% to 7.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
37,236
Margin
2,923
7.85%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−34.3%
INC share
59.2% 45.4%
PSP share
17.0% 37.6%
Turnout