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83. Bhagalpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BHAGALPUR

INC 49.4%won by 30.0%CPI 19.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.4% to 30.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.8% between them, down from 76.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 46.7%.

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

Electorate
4,36,725
Turnout
46.7%
Valid votes
2,03,756
Margin
61,129
30.00%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHAGWAT JHA AZADIndian National Congress · INC1,00,65749.4%
  2. 2CHHABI NATH SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI39,52819.4%
  3. 3ABDUL RAHMANPraja Socialist Party · PSP30,85915.1%
  4. 4KAMLESHWARI SAHAISwatantra Party · SWA17,5828.6%
  5. 5JYOTIRNATH MISHRAJS · JS15,1307.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+2.6%
INC share
51.7% → 49.4%
CPI share
24.3% → 19.4%
Turnout
44.5% → 46.7%
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