Constituency
172. Sheikhpura
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-SHEIKHPURA
INC 51.5%won by 19.9%CPI 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.9% to 19.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.2% of the vote between them, up from 61.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
32,057
Margin
6,369
19.87%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SHEOSHANKER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,51351.5%
- 2MUSTAFA RIJBICommunist Party of India · CPI10,14431.6%
- 3YADUBANS SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,7588.6%
- 4RAMESHWAR MAHTONSwatantra Party · SWA1,4954.7%
- 5BANARSI MANDALJS · JS1,1473.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +8.7%
- INC share
- 30.9% → 51.5%
- CPI share
- 19.8% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- — → —