Constituency
188. Bariarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-BARIARPUR
INC 56.6%won by 29.0%PSP 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
33,740
Margin
9,784
29.00%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1HARIHAR MAHTOIndian National Congress · INC19,10556.6%
- 2RAMJIWAN PRASAD SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,32127.6%
- 3JANARDAN PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI4,09912.1%
- 4RAMPHAL MAHTOSwatantra Party · SWA1,2153.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +13.3%
- INC share
- 53.4% → 56.6%
- PSP share
- 37.7% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- — → —