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Constituency

230. Dawath

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-DAWATH

INC 31.5%won by 8.9%CPI 22.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.3% to 8.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.2% between them, down from 77.3% — 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
37,087
Margin
3,308
8.92%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−13.4%
INC share
49.8% 31.5%
CPI share
27.5% 22.6%
Turnout