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Constituency

63. Kesaria

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-KESARIA

INC 53.4%won by 30.0%SWA 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.1% to 30.0%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.8% between them, down from 85.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.6% to 42.5%.

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

Electorate
3,89,402
Turnout
42.5%
Valid votes
1,65,370
Margin
49,538
29.96%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−23.0%
INC share
52.9% 53.4%
SWA share
0.0% 23.4%
Turnout
38.8% 42.5%