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119. Rupauli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-RUPAULI

INC 54.1%won by 38.5%SWA 15.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.2% to 38.5%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 15.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.6% between them, down from 77.5% — the field split more ways.

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
39,685
Margin
15,275
38.49%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BRIJ BEHARI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,45054.1%
  2. 2RAMESHWAR PRASAD SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA6,17515.6%
  3. 3MOHIT LAL PANDITPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,65611.7%
  4. 4NAND KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND3,97510.0%
  5. 5JAIKRISHNA THAKURSOC · SOC3,4298.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−11.4%
INC share
49.9% → 54.1%
SWA share
0.0% → 15.6%
Turnout
— → —
118. Alamnagar120. Dhamdaha
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