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254. Hisua

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-HISUA

INC 61.0%won by 28.4%PSP 32.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.4% to 28.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 87.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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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not in source
Valid votes
33,122
Margin
9,405
28.40%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAJKUMARI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC20,19061.0%
  2. 2TEKNARAIN PRASAD YADAVPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,78532.6%
  3. 3WAJID HUSSAINIndependent · IND7772.3%
  4. 4BALDEO SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA7742.3%
  5. 5CHANDESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND5961.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
+14.0%
INC share
50.7% → 61.0%
PSP share
36.3% → 32.6%
Turnout
— → —
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