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Constituency

59. Gopalganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-GOPALGANJ

INC 48.7%won by 19.4%PSP 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.1% to 19.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.0% between them, down from 88.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.6% to 47.0%.

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

Electorate
4,22,101
Turnout
47.0%
Valid votes
1,98,590
Margin
38,617
19.45%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−16.6%
INC share
62.2% 48.7%
PSP share
26.1% 29.3%
Turnout
36.4% 47.0%