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Constituency

174. Burhee

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BURHEE

PSP 45.8%won by 11.4%INC 34.4%

What changed here

Derived

Praja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.7% to 11.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.2% between them, down from 85.6% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered4 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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Valid votes
40,189
Margin
4,596
11.44%

Candidates

4 contested · winner PSP
  1. 1KAPILDEO SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP18,40745.8%
  2. 2JAMUNA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC13,81134.4%
  3. 3DASRATH SINGHIndependent · IND4,79811.9%
  4. 4SAMUNDRIKA PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI3,1737.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
PSP
PSP–INC swing
+3.7%
PSP share
46.7% → 45.8%
INC share
39.0% → 34.4%
Turnout
— → —
173. Barbigha175. Surajgarha
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