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214. Arrah Muffasil

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-ARRAH-MUFFASIL

INC 51.3%won by 26.2%SWA 25.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.1% to 26.2%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 25.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.4% of the vote between them, up from 68.3% — 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
30,883
Margin
8,080
26.16%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AMBIKA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC15,83651.3%
  2. 2SATYENDRA PRASAD SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA7,75625.1%
  3. 3JAIGOVIND SINGHIndependent · IND4,56314.8%
  4. 4ALAKH KUMAR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,2077.1%
  5. 5RAM ASHREYRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP5211.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−23.5%
INC share
49.7% → 51.3%
SWA share
0.0% → 25.1%
Turnout
— → —
213. Arrah215. Shahpur
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