Election
Constituency

249. Bodh Gaya

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BODH-GAYA

SWA 59.0%won by 22.1%INC 36.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 22.1%.

  • SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 59.0% of the vote here (+59.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.8% of the vote between them, up from 55.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
20,871
Margin
4,617
22.12%

Candidates

3 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1KULDEEP MAHTOSwatantra Party · SWA12,30459.0%
  2. 2SHANTI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC7,68736.8%
  3. 3ANDHI GORAITSOC · SOC8804.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SWAflipped
SWAINC swing
+58.4%
SWA share
0.0% 59.0%
INC share
36.3% 36.8%
Turnout