Constituency
201. Fatwa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-FATWA
INC 47.5%won by 4.4%SWA 43.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 20.4% to 47.5% of the vote here (+27.0%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 43.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.6% of the vote between them, up from 41.8% — 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
28,865
Margin
1,267
4.39%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1KAULESHWAR DASIndian National Congress · INC13,70447.5%
- 2KESHAV PRASADSwatantra Party · SWA12,43743.1%
- 3RAM PRASAD DASIndependent · IND1,3054.5%
- 4SHYAM BARAN DASPraja Socialist Party · PSP8072.8%
- 5RAM CHALITAR CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND6122.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −16.0%
- INC share
- 20.4% → 47.5%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 43.1%
- Turnout
- — → —