Election
Constituency

124. Forbesganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-FORBESGANJ

PSP 48.3%won by 11.7%INC 36.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 11.7%.

  • PSP vote sharePSP went from 4.3% to 48.3% of the vote here (+44.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.0% of the vote between them, up from 46.4% — 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
40,412
Margin
4,715
11.67%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
PSPflipped
PSPINC swing
+30.9%
PSP share
4.3% 48.3%
INC share
23.6% 36.7%
Turnout