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Constituency

74. Saharsa

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-SAHARSA

SOC 49.2%won by 7.7%INC 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to SOC (SOC), which now leads by 7.7%.

  • SOC vote shareSOC went from 0.0% to 49.2% of the vote here (+49.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.8% of the vote between them, up from 44.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 39.3% to 46.2%.

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

Electorate
4,26,782
Turnout
46.2%
Valid votes
1,97,161
Margin
15,133
7.68%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SOCflipped
SOCINC swing
+31.4%
SOC share
0.0% 49.2%
INC share
23.7% 41.5%
Turnout
85.5% 46.2%