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Constituency

220. Ramgarh

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-RAMGARH

INC 41.6%won by 13.2%PSP 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.1% to 13.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 28.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
39,330
Margin
5,177
13.16%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−37.9%
INC share
51.1% 41.6%
PSP share
0.0% 28.5%
Turnout