Constituency
108. Supaul
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-SUPAUL
PSP 45.1%won by 2.8%INC 42.4%
What changed here
DerivedPraja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.9% to 2.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 76.0% — 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
56,278
Margin
1,559
2.77%
Candidates
5 contested · winner PSP- 1PARMESHWAR KUMARPraja Socialist Party · PSP25,40445.1%
- 2LAHTAN CHOUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC23,84542.4%
- 3JAGDISH JHASOC · SOC3,6106.4%
- 4MAHESWAR BUX SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA2,7074.8%
- 5JAYANAND THAKURIndependent · IND7121.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- PSP
- PSP–INC swing
- −47.7%
- PSP share
- 50.4% → 45.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 42.4%
- Turnout
- — → —