Constituency
202. Masaurhi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-MASAURHI
INC 63.7%won by 34.8%SWA 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.4% to 34.8%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 56.0% — 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
22,198
Margin
7,729
34.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SARASWATI CHAUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC14,14063.7%
- 2MAHABIR PRASADSwatantra Party · SWA6,41128.9%
- 3RAJENDRA PRASAD DINKARSOC · SOC1,6477.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- +4.1%
- INC share
- 30.7% → 63.7%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —