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Constituency

110. Raghopur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-RAGHOPUR

INC 47.9%won by 7.6%SOC 40.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.5% to 7.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 40.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.2% of the vote between them, up from 74.4% — 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
28,245
Margin
2,139
7.57%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOC swing
−43.9%
INC share
51.5% 47.9%
SOC share
0.0% 40.3%
Turnout