Constituency
186. Begusarai
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-BEGUSARAI
INC 60.3%won by 35.0%CPI 25.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 35.0%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.6% of the vote between them, up from 52.9% — 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
40,526
Margin
14,186
35.00%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAM NARAIN CHOUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC24,43360.3%
- 2RAMSAGAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI10,24725.3%
- 3CHANDRA CHOOR DEOJS · JS2,7966.9%
- 4RAM SHANKAR PRASAD SHARMASwatantra Party · SWA1,8314.5%
- 5GANESH PRASAD MAHTOSOC · SOC1,2193.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +33.8%
- INC share
- 26.8% → 60.3%
- CPI share
- 25.6% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- — → —