Constituency
64. Hajipur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-HAJIPUR
INC 41.6%won by 8.7%SOC 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAJESHWAR PATELIndian National Congress · INC1,04,35141.6%
- 2ACHHAIBAT RAISOC · SOC82,50132.9%
- 3PRADUMAN PD. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA38,26315.3%
- 4SAMSER BAHADOOR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP25,52210.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOC swing
- −14.4%
- INC share
- 23.1% → 41.6%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- 90.1% → 59.5%