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87. Begusarai

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BEGUSARAI

INC 50.9%won by 26.3%CPI 24.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.2% to 26.3%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 24.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 51.4%.

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

Electorate
4,04,740
Turnout
51.4%
Valid votes
2,08,012
Margin
54,720
26.31%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MATHURA PRASAD MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC1,05,88350.9%
  2. 2AKHTAR HASMICommunist Party of India · CPI51,16324.6%
  3. 3RUDRA NARAIN JHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP26,40512.7%
  4. 4DEVA CHANDRA MAULISwatantra Party · SWA14,2286.8%
  5. 5GULAM MUSTAFASOC · SOC10,3335.0%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−25.8%
INC share
52.1% → 50.9%
CPI share
0.0% → 24.6%
Turnout
54.1% → 51.4%
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