Constituency
97. Warisnagar West
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-WARISNAGAR-WEST
INC 45.4%won by 7.8%PSP 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
37,236
Margin
2,923
7.85%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAMSUKUMARI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC16,91045.4%
- 2BRAHAMDEO NARAIN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP13,98737.6%
- 3RAJDEO RAISwatantra Party · SWA3,85210.3%
- 4DEOKI MAHTOIndependent · IND1,6554.4%
- 5YADUNANDAN THAKURIndependent · IND8322.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −34.3%
- INC share
- 59.2% → 45.4%
- PSP share
- 17.0% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- — → —