Election
Constituency

315. Bhawanathpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BHAWANATHPUR

SWA 69.4%won by 49.6%INC 19.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 49.6%.

  • SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 69.4% of the vote here (+69.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.2% of the vote between them, up from 43.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
22,580
Margin
11,199
49.60%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SWAflipped
SWAINC swing
+73.7%
SWA share
0.0% 69.4%
INC share
24.1% 19.8%
Turnout