Election
Constituency

68. Belsand

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BELSAND

PSP 40.2%won by 8.6%SWA 31.5%

What changed here

Derived

Praja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.8% to 8.6%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 31.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.7% of the vote between them, up from 50.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
33,732
Margin
2,908
8.62%

Candidates

3 contested · winner PSP
  1. 1RAMANAND SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP13,54540.2%
  2. 2JAMUNA PRASAD SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA10,63731.5%
  3. 3GADADHAR PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,55028.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
PSP
PSP–SWA swing
−23.1%
PSP share
31.7% → 40.2%
SWA share
0.0% → 31.5%
Turnout
— → —
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