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Constituency

227. Nokha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-NOKHA

INC 50.8%won by 30.9%SWA 19.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.9% to 30.9%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 19.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.7% between them, down from 84.1% — the field split more ways.

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
35,413
Margin
10,926
30.85%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GUTHULI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,98650.8%
  2. 2AWADH NATH PRASADSwatantra Party · SWA7,06019.9%
  3. 3SITARAM SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,56812.9%
  4. 4JAI RAM CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND2,1936.2%
  5. 5SINGASAN SINGHJanahitha Paksha · JP1,5684.4%
  6. 6RAJ NITI TEWARYIndependent · IND5771.6%
  7. 7HRIDAYA NAND CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND5381.5%
  8. 8KEHSHAV SAHSTRISOC · SOC3991.1%
  9. 9UPLENDRA GOSWAMIJS · JS3901.1%
  10. 10RAMESHWAR TEWARIIndependent · IND1340.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−20.7%
INC share
51.5% → 50.8%
SWA share
0.0% → 19.9%
Turnout
— → —
226. Dehri228. Dinara
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