Election
Constituency

279. Nirsa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-NIRSA

INC 36.4%won by 4.9%SWA 31.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.9% to 4.9%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 31.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.0% of the vote between them, up from 45.8% — a tighter two-way 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
28,481
Margin
1,384
4.86%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LAKSHMINARAYAN MANJHIIndian National Congress · INC10,38136.4%
  2. 2KISHAN KUMAR HEMBROMSwatantra Party · SWA8,99731.6%
  3. 3BUDHU MUNDACommunist Party of India · CPI7,08424.9%
  4. 4MANULAL MURMUJanahitha Paksha · JP1,0413.7%
  5. 5D. K .NAGSOC · SOC9783.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−18.5%
INC share
23.3% → 36.4%
SWA share
0.0% → 31.6%
Turnout
— → —
278. Tundi280. Jorapokhar
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