Constituency
233. Sahar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-SAHAR
INC 43.2%won by 9.9%SOC 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.4% to 9.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 33.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
28,536
Margin
2,821
9.89%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SHEO PUJAN RAIIndian National Congress · INC12,33643.2%
- 2RAM SIHASAN SINGHSOC · SOC9,51533.3%
- 3SEO SARAN LALL RAJPATISwatantra Party · SWA4,67316.4%
- 4RAGHUNATH SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,3804.8%
- 5RAJA RAM PANDEYIndependent · IND6322.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOC swing
- −38.3%
- INC share
- 48.2% → 43.2%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- — → —