Constituency
245. Rafiganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-RAFIGANJ
SWA 56.5%won by 21.9%INC 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 21.9%.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 56.5% of the vote here (+56.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.0% of the vote between them, up from 64.4% — 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
27,373
Margin
6,004
21.93%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SWA- 1RAM PUKAR SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA15,46156.5%
- 2SARJU PRASAD SINHAIndian National Congress · INC9,45734.5%
- 3RAM SWAROOP SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,9447.1%
- 4KUNJBEHARI GOPEIndependent · IND5111.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +64.7%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 56.5%
- INC share
- 42.8% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- — → —