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164. Dhuraiya

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-DHURAIYA

INC 33.6%won by 6.9%CPI 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.2% to 6.9%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Multi-cornered5 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
30,397
Margin
2,107
6.93%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SAMINUDDIN MOLVIIndian National Congress · INC10,21833.6%
  2. 2VASUDEO YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI8,11126.7%
  3. 3NAVIN CHANDRA SINGHSOC · SOC5,74518.9%
  4. 4GANESH PRASAD SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,20410.5%
  5. 5SACHIDANAND SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA3,11910.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−29.1%
INC share
36.0% → 33.6%
CPI share
0.0% → 26.7%
Turnout
— → —
163. Amarpur165. Banka
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