Constituency
110. Raghopur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-RAGHOPUR
INC 47.9%won by 7.6%SOC 40.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
28,245
Margin
2,139
7.57%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAJENDRA MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC13,51947.9%
- 2ASESAR GOETSOC · SOC11,38040.3%
- 3HAZI HABIBULLAH ANSARISwatantra Party · SWA2,6649.4%
- 4MOTILAL BHUSKULIAIndependent · IND6822.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOC swing
- −43.9%
- INC share
- 51.5% → 47.9%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 40.3%
- Turnout
- — → —