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234. Arwal

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-ARWAL

INC 32.3%won by 0.6%CPI 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 0.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.0% of the vote between them, up from 57.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 226 votes (0.55%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
40,739
Margin
226
0.55%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BUDHAN MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC13,14132.3%
  2. 2ZOHAIR SHAHCommunist Party of India · CPI12,91531.7%
  3. 3JHALAKDEO SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,28422.8%
  4. 4SITA RAM SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA4,08010.0%
  5. 5ANIRUDH SINGHIndependent · IND8602.1%
  6. 6ISHUF KHANIndependent · IND4591.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−8.4%
INC share
33.3% → 32.3%
CPI share
24.4% → 31.7%
Turnout
— → —
233. Sahar235. Kurtha
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