Election
Constituency

137. Rajmahal

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-RAJMAHAL

INC 58.7%won by 22.7%SWA 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.7% to 22.7%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
32,927
Margin
7,480
22.72%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BINODANAND JHAIndian National Congress · INC19,31258.7%
  2. 2NATHMAL DOKANIASwatantra Party · SWA11,83235.9%
  3. 3SAKAL DEEP MANDALJS · JS7272.2%
  4. 4RAM CHANDRA GOPEJanahitha Paksha · JP5011.5%
  5. 5LAKHI PRASAD AGARWALIndependent · IND3651.1%
  6. 6BHAGWAT DOKANIAIndependent · IND1900.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−27.8%
INC share
50.5% → 58.7%
SWA share
0.0% → 35.9%
Turnout
— → —
136. Manihari138. Borio
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