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255. Nawada

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-NAWADA

JS 33.8%won by 1.4%INC 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to JS (JS), which now leads by 1.4%.

  • JS vote shareJS went from 0.0% to 33.8% of the vote here (+33.8%).
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
43,598
Margin
614
1.41%

Candidates

7 contested · winner JS
  1. 1GAURISHANKER KESHARIJS · JS14,73033.8%
  2. 2SALAHUDDIN KHANIndian National Congress · INC14,11632.4%
  3. 3BINDESHWARI PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND10,13323.2%
  4. 4ALAKH NARAINSwatantra Party · SWA2,0934.8%
  5. 5DWARKA PRASAD "OJ"Praja Socialist Party · PSP1,2172.8%
  6. 6TANIK NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND6881.6%
  7. 7BHAGWAT SINGHIndependent · IND6211.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JSflipped
JS–INC swing
+35.3%
JS share
0.0% → 33.8%
INC share
33.9% → 32.4%
Turnout
— → —
254. Hisua256. Warsaliganj
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