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Constituency

109. Kishanpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-KISHANPUR

INC 41.1%won by 4.2%SOC 36.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.7% to 4.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 36.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.0% between them, down from 89.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
46,769
Margin
1,945
4.16%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOC swing
−55.5%
INC share
59.7% 41.1%
SOC share
0.0% 36.9%
Turnout