Constituency
258. Rajauli
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-RAJAULI
INC 33.1%won by 8.3%CPI 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 8.4% to 8.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.9% between them, down from 66.8% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
25,010
Margin
2,065
8.26%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAMSWARUP PRASAD YADAVIndian National Congress · INC8,26733.1%
- 2GANESH SHANKAR VIDYARTHICommunist Party of India · CPI6,20224.8%
- 3BALESHWAR PRASADSOC · SOC3,73714.9%
- 4PRAYAG MAHTOJS · JS3,63414.5%
- 5HARIHAR PRASAD SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA3,17012.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −5.9%
- INC share
- 37.6% → 33.1%
- CPI share
- 23.4% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- — → —