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157. Colgong

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-COLGONG

INC 46.6%won by 17.8%CPI 28.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 17.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.4% of the vote between them, up from 57.9% — 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
36,688
Margin
6,547
17.85%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SYED MAQBOOL AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC17,11346.6%
  2. 2NAGESHWAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI10,56628.8%
  3. 3NARENDRA PRASAD SAHSwatantra Party · SWA3,96010.8%
  4. 4SURYA KANT MANDARPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,7997.6%
  5. 5ABDUL RAHMANIndependent · IND1,1313.1%
  6. 6UMANATH MUKHERJEEJS · JS1,1193.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−2.9%
INC share
30.5% → 46.6%
CPI share
9.7% → 28.8%
Turnout
— → —
156. Pirpainti158. Bhagalpur Muffasil
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