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217. Dumraon

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-DUMRAON

INC 33.2%won by 6.7%SWA 26.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 6.7%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 59.6% of the vote between them, up from 48.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
37,578
Margin
2,523
6.71%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KUMAR GANGA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC12,46633.2%
  2. 2VISHWA NATH SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA9,94326.5%
  3. 3PASUPATI NATH SINGHIndependent · IND7,18219.1%
  4. 4JAMUNA PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,60017.6%
  5. 5KAMLA DUBAYRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP1,3873.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−18.6%
INC share
25.3% → 33.2%
SWA share
0.0% → 26.5%
Turnout
— → —
216. Barhampur218. Nawanagar
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