Constituency
72. Darbhanga
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-DARBHANGA
INC 55.3%won by 31.2%SWA 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.0% to 31.2%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 24.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.5% of the vote between them, up from 68.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,87,848
Turnout
39.6%
Valid votes
1,93,341
Margin
60,337
31.21%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SHREE NARAYAN DASIndian National Congress · INC1,06,97955.3%
- 2HARISH CHANDRA MISHRASwatantra Party · SWA46,64224.1%
- 3MOHAMMAD YAQUBPraja Socialist Party · PSP39,72020.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −17.6%
- INC share
- 48.8% → 55.3%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- 40.5% → 39.6%