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Constituency

157. Bahraich South

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-BAHRAICH-SOUTH

INC 47.6%won by 1.5%PSP 46.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 31.5% to 47.6% of the vote here (+16.1%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.7% of the vote between them, up from 77.6% — 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
35,142
Margin
535
1.52%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DALJIT SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,72347.6%
  2. 2BADLU RAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP16,18846.1%
  3. 3MURLI DHARJS · JS2,2316.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCPSP swing
−7.5%
INC share
31.5% 47.6%
PSP share
22.4% 46.1%
Turnout