Election
Constituency

247. Sherghati

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-SHERGHATI

INC 36.5%won by 3.2%SWA 33.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.4% to 3.2%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 33.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • 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
28,026
Margin
887
3.16%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MD. SHAHJAHANIndian National Congress · INC10,23736.5%
  2. 2KHWAJA MIDHAT NOORSwatantra Party · SWA9,35033.4%
  3. 3UPENDRA NATH VERMASOC · SOC7,27626.0%
  4. 4RAM SAHAI JADAVAPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,1634.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−33.1%
INC share
36.2% → 36.5%
SWA share
0.0% → 33.4%
Turnout
— → —
246. Imamganj248. Barachatti
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