Election
Constituency

90. Patna

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-PATNA

INC 44.9%won by 11.1%CPI 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.1% to 11.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 12.4% to 56.6%.

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

Electorate
4,00,456
Turnout
56.6%
Valid votes
2,26,536
Margin
25,082
11.07%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
+5.0%
INC share
53.0% 44.9%
CPI share
47.0% 33.8%
Turnout
44.2% 56.6%