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232. Piro

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-PIRO

INC 30.3%won by 9.4%SOC 21.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 9.4%.

  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 21.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
31,695
Margin
2,972
9.38%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1INDRAMANI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,61330.3%
  2. 2KAMLA KANT VERMASOC · SOC6,64121.0%
  3. 3RADHA MOHAN RAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,09519.2%
  4. 4RAM PRASAD RAISwatantra Party · SWA5,48217.3%
  5. 5BABAN TIWARYCommunist Party of India · CPI2,9849.4%
  6. 6GAYADUTT PANDEYRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP8802.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOC swing
−18.1%
INC share
27.5% → 30.3%
SOC share
0.0% → 21.0%
Turnout
— → —
231. Jagdishpur233. Sahar
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