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213. Arrah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-ARRAH

INC 49.3%won by 15.8%SWA 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.3% to 15.8%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.9% of the vote between them, up from 77.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
32,068
Margin
5,064
15.79%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUMITRA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC15,82349.3%
  2. 2ABUL FAZAL MOHAMMED ABDUL HAMIDSwatantra Party · SWA10,75933.6%
  3. 3RAM BADAN RAIIndependent · IND1,4674.6%
  4. 4RAFIQ AHMADCommunist Party of India · CPI1,2794.0%
  5. 5RANG BAHADUR PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,1463.6%
  6. 6NARAIN DWIVEDIJS · JS1,0653.3%
  7. 7RAMADHAR TIWARIIndependent · IND3571.1%
  8. 8BAIDYANATH NARAINIndependent · IND1720.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−29.2%
INC share
45.0% → 49.3%
SWA share
0.0% → 33.6%
Turnout
— → —
212. Sandesh214. Arrah Muffasil
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