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64. Hajipur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-HAJIPUR

INC 41.6%won by 8.7%SOC 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.0% to 8.7%.

  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.6% of the vote between them, up from 42.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 30.6% to 59.5%.

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

Electorate
4,21,299
Turnout
59.5%
Valid votes
2,50,637
Margin
21,850
8.72%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOC swing
−14.4%
INC share
23.1% 41.6%
SOC share
0.0% 32.9%
Turnout
90.1% 59.5%