Election
Constituency

205. Patna South

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-PATNA-SOUTH

INC 39.2%won by 4.5%IND 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 4.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.8% between them, down from 82.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
43,406
Margin
1,969
4.54%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−23.6%
INC share
45.7% 39.2%
IND share
17.5% 34.6%
Turnout