EElectionLens
Constituency

66. Muzaffarpur

Community mirror

Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MUZAFFARPUR

INC 43.6%won by 23.6%PSP 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.8% to 23.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.6% between them, down from 76.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 45.6%.

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

Electorate
4,64,546
Turnout
45.6%
Valid votes
2,11,774
Margin
50,000
23.61%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−1.4%
INC share
48.9% 43.6%
PSP share
23.9% 20.0%
Turnout
48.5% 45.6%