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Constituency

215. Shahpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-SHAHPUR

PSP 54.0%won by 18.8%INC 35.2%

What changed here

Derived

Praja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.7% to 18.8%.

  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
40,715
Margin
7,646
18.78%

Candidates

5 contested · winner PSP
  1. 1RAMANAND TIWARIPraja Socialist Party · PSP21,97454.0%
  2. 2HARGOVIND MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC14,32835.2%
  3. 3BACHAN SHARMASOC · SOC2,5506.3%
  4. 4RAJ KISHORE LALLRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP1,0412.6%
  5. 5RAMANAND SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA8222.0%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
PSP
PSP–INC swing
+1.1%
PSP share
55.7% → 54.0%
INC share
38.0% → 35.2%
Turnout
— → —
214. Arrah Muffasil216. Barhampur
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