Constituency
235. Kurtha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-KURTHA
PSP 37.9%won by 7.0%INC 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 7.0%.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 27.4% to 37.9% of the vote here (+10.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.9% of the vote between them, up from 60.7% — 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
35,372
Margin
2,469
6.98%
Candidates
7 contested · winner PSP- 1RAMCHARAN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP13,42237.9%
- 2FIDA HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC10,95331.0%
- 3JAGDEO PRASADSOC · SOC7,77422.0%
- 4RAM PRASAD SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1,0262.9%
- 5SHEO PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND9392.7%
- 6RAMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND8002.3%
- 7RAMANAND PRASAD MOCHIIndependent · IND4581.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +12.9%
- PSP share
- 27.4% → 37.9%
- INC share
- 33.3% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —