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252. Gaya Muffasil

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-GAYA-MUFFASIL

INC 53.9%won by 16.9%SWA 37.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.0% to 16.9%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 37.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.9% of the vote between them, up from 74.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
26,764
Margin
4,521
16.89%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HARDEO SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,43153.9%
  2. 2RAM SARAN MAHTOSwatantra Party · SWA9,91037.0%
  3. 3BRIJNAND KISHORE PRASADIndependent · IND6732.5%
  4. 4NARAIAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND6152.3%
  5. 5KASHI RAMSOC · SOC4701.8%
  6. 6KHWAJA INAIT-ULLAHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4501.7%
  7. 7KABILASH SINGHIndependent · IND2150.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−31.8%
INC share
48.7% → 53.9%
SWA share
0.0% → 37.0%
Turnout
— → —
251. Gaya253. Atri
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