Constituency
207. Patna West
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-PATNA-WEST
INC 73.6%won by 58.8%JS 14.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.4% to 58.8%.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 14.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.5% of the vote between them, up from 75.0% — 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
37,924
Margin
22,288
58.77%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1KRISHNA BALLABH SAHAYIndian National Congress · INC27,92573.6%
- 2MUNSHI SAOJS · JS5,63714.9%
- 3LAKSHIMI NARAIN YADAVIndependent · IND2,2285.9%
- 4SHIVA NAND SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1,5654.1%
- 5RAM NARAIN OJHASOC · SOC5691.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- +11.1%
- INC share
- 47.7% → 73.6%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 14.9%
- Turnout
- — → —