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116. Sonabarsa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-SONABARSA

SWA 44.4%won by 14.9%INC 29.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 14.9%.

  • SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 44.4% of the vote here (+44.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.0% of the vote between them, up from 54.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
26,276
Margin
3,903
14.85%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1SURESH CHANDRA YADAVSwatantra Party · SWA11,67844.4%
  2. 2UPENDRA NARAAIAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,77529.6%
  3. 3KEDAR NARAYAN SINGHSOC · SOC2,4209.2%
  4. 4SHYAMAL KISHORE JHACommunist Party of India · CPI1,8697.1%
  5. 5BISHWA NATH KEDIAPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,2864.9%
  6. 6LAKHI CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,2484.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
SWAflipped
SWA–INC swing
+35.7%
SWA share
0.0% → 44.4%
INC share
20.9% → 29.6%
Turnout
— → —
115. Saharsa117. Kishanganj
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