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Constituency

236. Makhdumpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-MAKHDUMPUR

INC 62.4%won by 41.6%IND 20.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.8% to 41.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.1% of the vote between them, up from 53.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
30,727
Margin
12,789
41.62%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+16.8%
INC share
39.3% 62.4%
IND share
14.6% 20.7%
Turnout