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Constituency

185. Balia

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BALIA

INC 50.6%won by 38.5%PSP 12.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.7% to 38.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.8% between them, down from 72.5% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
34,435
Margin
13,243
38.46%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
+16.7%
INC share
47.1% 50.6%
PSP share
25.4% 12.2%
Turnout