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200. Bakhtiarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BAKHTIARPUR

INC 44.2%won by 3.7%SWA 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.4% to 3.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
35,853
Margin
1,328
3.70%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMYATNA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC15,84644.2%
  2. 2RAM LAKHAN RAISwatantra Party · SWA14,51840.5%
  3. 3BIJAY KRISHNA SINHASOC · SOC1,5784.4%
  4. 4RAMDAS SINGHJanahitha Paksha · JP1,4874.1%
  5. 5RAM CHANDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1,2283.4%
  6. 6RAM CHANDRA SHARMAIndependent · IND6061.7%
  7. 7RAM PRASAD LAL GUPTAIndependent · IND4061.1%
  8. 8BIRENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND1840.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−55.6%
INC share
59.3% → 44.2%
SWA share
0.0% → 40.5%
Turnout
— → —
199. Hilsa201. Fatwa
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