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Constituency

188. Bariarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BARIARPUR

INC 56.6%won by 29.0%PSP 27.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.7% to 29.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.3% between them, down from 91.1% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
33,740
Margin
9,784
29.00%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
+13.3%
INC share
53.4% 56.6%
PSP share
37.7% 27.6%
Turnout