Constituency
236. Makhdumpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-MAKHDUMPUR
INC 62.4%won by 41.6%IND 20.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
30,727
Margin
12,789
41.62%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SUKHDEO PRASAD VERMAIndian National Congress · INC19,16462.4%
- 2YADUNANDAN SHARMAIndependent · IND6,37520.7%
- 3RAMDEEP SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,11313.4%
- 4DEOLAL YADAVIndependent · IND3991.3%
- 5SHAIL KUMARIIndependent · IND3921.3%
- 6BASHIRUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2840.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +16.8%
- INC share
- 39.3% → 62.4%
- IND share
- 14.6% → 20.7%
- Turnout
- — → —