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Constituency

135. Barari

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BARARI

INC 45.6%won by 29.5%PSP 16.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.9% to 29.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.8% between them, down from 69.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
31,003
Margin
9,145
29.50%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−9.7%
INC share
53.4% 45.6%
PSP share
14.2% 16.1%
Turnout