Constituency
162. Sultanganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-SULTANGANJ
INC 53.2%won by 30.4%PSP 22.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.5% to 30.4%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.9% between them, down from 85.0% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
44,010
Margin
13,398
30.44%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1DEBI PRASAD MAHTOIndian National Congress · INC23,39753.2%
- 2BANARSI PRASAD SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,99922.7%
- 3BAIJNATH MANDALCommunist Party of India · CPI6,04413.7%
- 4BISHWANATH CHAUDHARYJS · JS1,8164.1%
- 5BISHNUDEO SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1,3843.1%
- 6ASGHAR MIANIndependent · IND1,3703.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +20.9%
- INC share
- 47.3% → 53.2%
- PSP share
- 37.7% → 22.7%
- Turnout
- — → —