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Constituency

60. Siwan

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-SIWAN

INC 40.7%won by 18.6%JS 22.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.4% to 18.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.7% between them, down from 79.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.5% to 45.2%.

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

Electorate
4,24,260
Turnout
45.2%
Valid votes
1,91,902
Margin
35,729
18.62%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−29.1%
INC share
47.7% 40.7%
JS share
0.0% 22.0%
Turnout
36.7% 45.2%