Constituency
130. Purnea
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-PURNEA
INC 69.7%won by 50.9%SOC 18.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 44.9% to 50.9%.
- New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 18.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.5% of the vote between them, up from 78.3% — 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
41,445
Margin
21,085
50.87%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KAMALDEO NARAIN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC28,88969.7%
- 2MOULANA SYED MOINUDDIN MAJAHIRISOC · SOC7,80418.8%
- 3SURENDRA PRASAD VERMAJS · JS4,75211.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOC swing
- −10.7%
- INC share
- 61.6% → 69.7%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 18.8%
- Turnout
- — → —