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149. Deoghar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-DEOGHAR

INC 45.5%won by 9.6%SWA 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.8% to 9.6%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.5% of the vote between them, up from 39.5% — 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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Valid votes
29,746
Margin
2,843
9.56%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SAILABALA ROYIndian National Congress · INC13,54345.5%
  2. 2ALAKA DEBISwatantra Party · SWA10,70036.0%
  3. 3LAKSHMI NARAIN MAHATOJanahitha Paksha · JP2,6598.9%
  4. 4BRAJENDRA NATH SAHAIJS · JS1,5485.2%
  5. 5BHAGWAN DUTT RAJHANSPraja Socialist Party · PSP7682.6%
  6. 6MITHILESH KISHORE PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND5281.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−11.6%
INC share
21.1% → 45.5%
SWA share
0.0% → 36.0%
Turnout
— → —
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