Election
Constituency

97. Nawada

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-NAWADA

INC 51.3%won by 37.0%JS 14.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.6% to 37.0%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 14.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.7% of the vote between them, up from 35.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 28.7% to 45.9%.

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

Electorate
4,20,933
Turnout
45.9%
Valid votes
1,93,032
Margin
71,394
36.99%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMDHANI DASIndian National Congress · INC99,10651.3%
  2. 2AKLOO MANJHIJS · JS27,71214.4%
  3. 3NAURANGI MUSHARCommunist Party of India · CPI26,73313.8%
  4. 4BUNDI RAM PASISwatantra Party · SWA19,25610.0%
  5. 5LALA RAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP15,2317.9%
  6. 6BARHO RAJWARRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP4,9942.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
+16.6%
INC share
20.4% → 51.3%
JS share
0.0% → 14.4%
Turnout
74.6% → 45.9%
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