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82. Banka

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BANKA

INC 55.1%won by 23.6%SWA 31.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.5% to 23.6%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 31.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.6% of the vote between them, up from 66.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
4,12,008
Turnout
38.5%
Valid votes
1,58,567
Margin
37,394
23.58%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−27.6%
INC share
51.2% 55.1%
SWA share
0.0% 31.5%
Turnout
39.5% 38.5%