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120. Dhamdaha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-DHAMDAHA

INC 56.5%won by 35.3%SWA 21.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.3% to 35.3%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 21.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.8% of the vote between them, up from 57.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
32,535
Margin
11,469
35.25%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LAKSHMI NARAIN SUDHANSHUIndian National Congress · INC18,38356.5%
  2. 2SURYA NARAYAN SINGH YADAVSwatantra Party · SWA6,91421.3%
  3. 3KALIKA SINGHSOC · SOC2,8668.8%
  4. 4RAMESHWAR DASPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,7408.4%
  5. 5SHITAL KISKUJanahitha Paksha · JP9422.9%
  6. 6PARMANAND THAKURIndependent · IND6902.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
+5.4%
INC share
29.9% → 56.5%
SWA share
0.0% → 21.3%
Turnout
— → —
119. Rupauli121. Banmankhi
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