Constituency

260. Gawan

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-GAWAN

SWA 47.4%won by 13.3%INC 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 13.3%.

SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 47.4% of the vote here (+47.4%).
Runner-up changedSecond place passed from CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 49.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

17,136

Margin

2,273

13.26%

Candidates

7 contested · winner SWA

1GIRIJA PRASAD SINGH Swatantra Party · SWA8,12447.4%
2GANGA RAM BHAGAT Indian National Congress · INC5,85134.1%
3PARBAT MUNSHI Independent · IND9985.8%
4RAMESHWAR AGRAWAL SOC · SOC7854.6%
5NAGESHWAR RAI Independent · IND7664.5%
6KRISHNA BALLABH SAHAY Independent · IND3201.9%
7CHANDRIKA SINGH Independent · IND2921.7%

Since 1957

Derived

Winner then: CNPSPJP
Winner now: SWAflipped
SWA–INC swing: +29.5%
SWA share: 0.0% → 47.4%
INC share: 16.3% → 34.1%
Turnout: — → —

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