Constituency
84. Monghyr
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MONGHYR
INC 47.5%won by 25.8%PSP 21.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.7% to 25.8%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.2% of the vote between them, up from 48.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 49.3% to 51.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,74,823
Turnout
51.6%
Valid votes
1,93,402
Margin
49,901
25.80%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BANARSI PRASAD SINHAIndian National Congress · INC91,86147.5%
- 2RAMESHAR YADAVPraja Socialist Party · PSP41,96021.7%
- 3BHAGWAN DAS KESHRISOC · SOC41,06321.2%
- 4UMASHANKAR SARSOGISwatantra Party · SWA18,5189.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +18.6%
- INC share
- 25.4% → 47.5%
- PSP share
- 18.2% → 21.7%
- Turnout
- 100.9% → 51.6%