Constituency
91. Shahabad
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-SHAHABAD
INC 61.3%won by 38.7%SWA 22.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1BALI RAM BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC1,33,37361.3%
- 2DIPNARAIN SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA49,04622.5%
- 3RAM KAILASH PANDEYPraja Socialist Party · PSP35,20916.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −17.9%
- INC share
- 56.6% → 61.3%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 22.5%
- Turnout
- 46.5% → 52.4%