Constituency
74. Saharsa
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-SAHARSA
SOC 49.2%won by 7.7%INC 41.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SOC- 1BHUPENDRA NARAYAN MANDALSOC · SOC97,03849.2%
- 2LALIT NARAYAN MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC81,90541.5%
- 3RAM ANUGRAH JHASwatantra Party · SWA18,2189.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SOCflipped
- SOC–INC swing
- +31.4%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 49.2%
- INC share
- 23.7% → 41.5%
- Turnout
- 85.5% → 46.2%