Election
Constituency

258. Rajauli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-RAJAULI

INC 33.1%won by 8.3%CPI 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
25,010
Margin
2,065
8.26%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−5.9%
INC share
37.6% 33.1%
CPI share
23.4% 24.8%
Turnout