Constituency

56. Bagaha

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BAGAHA

INC 54.7%won by 9.4%SWA 45.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.8% to 9.4%.

New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 45.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 73.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout rose 13.5% to 47.3%.

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

Electorate

3,85,005

Turnout

47.3%

Valid votes

1,82,194

Margin

17,174

9.43%