Constituency
176. Tarapur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-TARAPUR
INC 57.5%won by 24.5%SOC 33.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.0% to 24.5%.
- New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 33.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 68.3% — 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
35,127
Margin
8,607
24.50%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1JAIMANGAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,20157.5%
- 2BIJOY NARAIN PRASANTSOC · SOC11,59433.0%
- 3SINGHESHWAR PRASAD SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,6874.8%
- 4BIRENDRA KUMAR SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1,6454.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOC swing
- −28.1%
- INC share
- 52.6% → 57.5%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 33.0%
- Turnout
- — → —