Constituency
206. Patna East
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-PATNA-EAST
INC 35.1%won by 8.6%JS 26.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.7% to 8.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 26.4% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
39,192
Margin
3,381
8.63%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1ZAHRA AHMADIndian National Congress · INC13,73935.1%
- 2SANT SINGHJS · JS10,35826.4%
- 3AHSANUZAFFERIndependent · IND6,39816.3%
- 4RAM NATH MUNSHICommunist Party of India · CPI4,68612.0%
- 5MANNA LALL VYASSwatantra Party · SWA2,3135.9%
- 6UMANATHIndependent · IND1,0092.6%
- 7BISHWANATH PANDEYPraja Socialist Party · PSP6891.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −32.6%
- INC share
- 41.2% → 35.1%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 26.4%
- Turnout
- — → —