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Bihar Lok Sabha 1962

Results board · 53 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateBihar
Seats
53
Constituencies
Majority
27
Seats needed of 53
Electors
2.21Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
99.46L
45.0% of electors
Median turnout
46.3%
Median of 53 seats
INC lead
+12
Above majority · 39 − 27

[01]Seat matrix

53 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 53 seats: INC 39, SWA 7, JP 3, PRAGAT 2, SOCIAL 1, CPI 1. Majority line at 27 seats. Hemicycle of 53 seats: INC 39, SWA 7, JP 3, PRAGAT 2, SOCIAL 1, CPI 1. Majority line at 27 seats.
Majority · 27 of 53INC 39 · +12 above majority
INC 3973.6% Indian National Congress
SWA 713.2% Swatantra Party
JP 35.7% Jharkhand Party
PRAGAT 23.8% Pragati Sheel Party
SOCIAL 11.9% Socialist
CPI 11.9% Communist Party of India

[02]Vote share

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for Bihar 1962.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Dumka was decided by 1,085 votes, the closest of 53 seats; Shahabad had the widest margin, 84,327.

    min / max of margin over 53 seats with a recorded margin

  2. 2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; INC won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 53 · INC 1

  3. In SC-reserved seats INC won 8 of 9 (88.9%), against 73.6% of all seats.

    8 ÷ 9 = 88.9% · 39 ÷ 53 = 73.6%

  4. Turnout ran from 30.3% in Singhbhum to 60.6% in Sasaram; the median seat polled 46.3%.

    min / median / max over 53 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

53 of 53 seats carry a turnout
025507510046.3%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 3973.6% of seats
50–60 1324.5% of seats
60–70 11.9% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestSinghbhum30.3%
  • HighestSasaram60.6%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

53 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Bihar Lok Sabha 1962, all 53 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Bagaha Kamal Nath Tewari Indian National Congress 1,82,194 17,174 9.4 47.3
02 MotihariSC Bibhuti Mishra Indian National Congress 1,76,141 58,992 33.5 46.4
03 BettiahSC Bhola Raut Indian National Congress 1,41,707 41,790 29.5 37.3
04 Gopalganj Dwaika Nath Tiwari Indian National Congress 1,98,590 38,617 19.5 47.1
05 Siwan Md. Yusuf Indian National Congress 1,91,902 35,729 18.6 45.2
06 Chapra Ramsekhar Prasad Singh Indian National Congress 2,21,420 21,204 9.6 48.2
07 Maharajganj Krishnakanta Singh Indian National Congress 1,64,537 13,527 8.2 41.0
08 Kesaria Bhishma Prasad Yadava Indian National Congress 1,65,370 49,538 30.0 42.5
09 Hajipur Rajeshwar Patel Indian National Congress 2,50,637 21,850 8.7 59.5
10 MahuaSC Chandramani Lal Choudhary Indian National Congress 2,13,073 9,962 4.7 47.6
11 Muzaffarpur Digvijoy Narain Singh Indian National Congress 2,11,774 50,000 23.6 45.6
12 Sitamarhi Nagindra Pd. Yadab Indian National Congress 2,38,273 33,515 14.1 52.3
13 Pupri Sashiranjan Prasad Sah Indian National Congress 2,22,657 18,772 8.4 53.6
14 Jainagar Yamuna Prasad Mandal Indian National Congress 2,05,781 29,192 14.2 43.7
15 Madhubani Yogendra Jha Pragati Sheel Party 1,99,301 1,912 1.0 46.6
16 Samastipur Satya Naryan Sinha Indian National Congress 1,98,896 21,550 10.8 51.8
17 Darbhanga Shree Narayan Das Indian National Congress 1,93,341 60,337 31.2 39.6
18 RoseraSC Rameshwar Sahu Indian National Congress 1,77,997 67,845 38.1 41.2
19 Saharsa Bhupendra Narayan Mandal Socialist 1,97,161 15,133 7.7 46.2
20 SonbarsaSC Tulmohan Ram Indian National Congress 1,86,351 58,223 31.2 46.3
21 Kishanganj Mohammad Tahir Indian National Congress 1,80,963 14,555 8.0 37.2
22 Purnea Phani Gopal Sen Gupta Indian National Congress 2,13,997 69,791 32.6 42.5
23 Katihar Priya Gupta Pragati Sheel Party 1,81,609 17,537 9.7 40.3
24 RajmahalSC Iswar Marandi Jharkhand Party 1,41,377 18,676 13.2 36.3
25 Godda Prabhudayal Himmatsingka Indian National Congress 1,84,004 19,585 10.6 46.5
26 DumkaSTCLOSEST Satya Chandra Besra Indian National Congress 1,33,643 1,085 0.8 33.5
27 Banka Shakuntala Devi Indian National Congress 1,58,567 37,394 23.6 38.5
28 Bhagalpur Bhagwat Jha Azad Indian National Congress 2,03,756 61,129 30.0 46.7
29 Monghyr Banarsi Prasad Sinha Indian National Congress 1,93,402 49,901 25.8 51.6
30 JamuiSC Nayantara Das Indian National Congress 2,04,865 45,796 22.4 50.2
31 Khagaria Jiyalal Mandal Indian National Congress 2,20,033 61,069 27.8 51.0
32 Begusarai Mathura Prasad Mishra Indian National Congress 2,08,012 54,720 26.3 51.4
33 Nalanda Sidheshwar Prasad Indian National Congress 2,20,425 36,914 16.8 48.6
34 Barh Tarkeshwari Sinha Indian National Congress 1,85,787 38,221 20.6 49.3
35 Patna Ramdulari Devi Indian National Congress 2,26,536 25,082 11.1 56.6
36 ShahabadWIDEST Bali Ram Bhagat Indian National Congress 2,17,628 84,327 38.8 52.4
37 Buxar Anant Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress 2,27,391 5,516 2.4 50.1
38 Bikramganj Ram Subhag Singh Indian National Congress 2,27,180 10,664 4.7 53.7
39 SasaramSC Jagjivan Ram Indian National Congress 2,52,531 53,995 21.4 60.6
40 Aurangabad Lalita Rajya Laxmi Swatantra Party 1,64,706 9,761 5.9 40.2
41 Jahanabad Satyabhama Devi Indian National Congress 2,21,449 34,829 15.7 50.7
42 NawadaSC Ramdhani Das Indian National Congress 1,93,032 71,394 37.0 45.9
43 Gaya Brajeshwar Prasad Indian National Congress 1,60,806 18,798 11.7 47.7
44 Chatra Vijaya Raje Swatantra Party 1,40,828 35,304 25.1 37.1
45 Giridih Thakur Bateshwar Singh Swatantra Party 1,24,309 3,458 2.8 33.2
46 Dhanbad P. R. Chakravarti Indian National Congress 1,98,805 24,206 12.2 44.0
47 Hazari Bagh Basant Narain Singh Swatantra Party 1,21,273 46,611 38.4 30.7
48 Ranchi East Prashanta Kumar Ghosh Swatantra Party 1,33,959 5,023 3.8 35.8
49 Jamshedpur Udaikar Mishra Communist Party of India 1,74,488 19,805 11.4 40.1
50 SinghbhumST Haricharan Soy Jharkhand Party 1,25,343 17,638 14.1 30.3
51 Ranchi WestST Jaipal Singh Jharkhand Party 1,96,570 50,878 25.9 46.7
52 LohardagaST David Munzni Swatantra Party 1,31,722 16,370 12.4 35.8
53 Palamau Shashank Manjari Swatantra Party 1,40,145 44,609 31.8 36.3
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 84,327 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1962 · Bihar · 53 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election

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