Constituency
195. Bihar South
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-BIHAR-SOUTH
INC 39.1%won by 6.2%IND 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.1% to 6.2%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.0% of the vote between them, up from 62.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
31,539
Margin
1,967
6.24%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1GIRWARDHARI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC12,33739.1%
- 2BADRI NATH SINGHIndependent · IND10,37032.9%
- 3RIT LAL VERMAJS · JS1,8245.8%
- 4TOTU MAHTOIndependent · IND1,8165.8%
- 5RAMESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND1,7995.7%
- 6BODH NARAYAN PRASADHMS · HMS1,3164.2%
- 7BALESHWAR PANDEYPraja Socialist Party · PSP9743.1%
- 8SURJU MAHTOSwatantra Party · SWA7112.3%
- 9RAMJI GOPEIndependent · IND3921.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −3.9%
- INC share
- 36.2% → 39.1%
- IND share
- 26.0% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- — → —