Constituency
310. Mandar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-MANDAR
INC 37.6%won by 4.4%SWA 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 14.3% to 37.6% of the vote here (+23.3%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.7% of the vote between them, up from 42.1% — 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
22,054
Margin
973
4.41%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1ZAHOOR ALI MOHAMMADIndian National Congress · INC8,28237.6%
- 2BHARAT DEO SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA7,30933.1%
- 3RAMVILAS PRASADJanahitha Paksha · JP4,29219.5%
- 4ALI AHMADIndependent · IND1,4576.6%
- 5MISSION PETER ORAONIndependent · IND7143.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −9.9%
- INC share
- 14.3% → 37.6%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —