Election
Constituency

219. Buxar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BUXAR

INC 61.3%won by 32.2%PSP 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.8% to 32.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 60.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
34,909
Margin
11,227
32.16%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
+16.4%
INC share
38.0% 61.3%
PSP share
22.2% 29.2%
Turnout