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Constituency

91. Shahabad

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-SHAHABAD

INC 61.3%won by 38.7%SWA 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.6% to 38.7%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 22.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.8% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.9% to 52.4%.

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

Electorate
4,15,615
Turnout
52.4%
Valid votes
2,17,628
Margin
84,327
38.75%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−17.9%
INC share
56.6% 61.3%
SWA share
0.0% 22.5%
Turnout
46.5% 52.4%