1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly; 159 seats needed for a majority
Registered	22,115,041
Turnout	44.47%
CM before election; Binodanand Jha; INC	Elected CM ; Binodanand Jha; INC

This is a list of the results of the 1962 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, a state in India, including a list of successful candidates. After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Pandit Binodanand Jha was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar. Satyendra Narayan Sinha was designated as his second-in-command^{[citation needed]} with the educational portfolio. ^[1]

Quick facts All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 159 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

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Total Seats	318
SC Seats	40
ST Seats	32
Total electors	22,115,041
Votes Polled	9,833,810
Percentage	44.47%
Valid Votes	4,810,164
Total Candidates	1,529
Male Candidates	1,483
Female Candidates	46
Polling Stations	24,215


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Swatantra Party	1,700,524	17.25	50
	Socialist Party of India	515,263	5.23	7
	Praja Socialist Party	1,396,952	14.17	29
	Jan Sangh	273,355	2.77	3
	Indian National Congress	4,075,844	41.35	185
	Communist Party of India	613,955	6.23	12
	Ram Rajya Parishad	18,174	0.18	–
	Jharkhand Party	432,643	4.39	20
	Hindu Mahasabha	2,614	0.03	–
	Independent	827,841	8.40	12
Total		9,857,165	100.00	318

Valid votes		9,857,165	79.11
Invalid/blank votes		2,602,913	20.89
Total votes		12,460,078	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,115,041	56.34
Source: ECI

1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

General statistics

Results

List of successful candidates

References

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No.	Constituency	Reservation	Candidate
1	Dhanaha	None	Ranglal Prasad	Indian National Congress
2	Bagaha	SC	Narsingh Baitha	Indian National Congress
3	Ramnagar	None	Narain Bikram Shah Alias Narain Raja	Swatantra Party
4	Shikarpur	None	Umesh Prasad Verma	Indian National Congress
5	Sikta	None	Raiful Azam	Swatantra Party
6	Lauria	None	Subh Narain Prasad	Indian National Congress
7	Chanpatia	None	Pramod Kumar Mishra	Indian National Congress
8	Bettiah	None	Jay Narayan Prasad	Indian National Congress
9	Manjhaulia	SC	Jildar Ram	Swatantra Party
10	Raxaul	None	Radha Pande	Indian National Congress
11	Adapur	None	Rambaran Prasad	Praja Socialist Party
12	Ghorasahan	None	Rajendra Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress
13	Dhaka	None	Nek Mahamad	Communist Party of India
14	Patahi	None	Bibhishan Kumar	Indian National Congress
15	Madhuban	None	Mangal Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress
16	Kesaria	None	Pitambar Singh	Communist Party of India
17	Pipra	None	Satyadeo Prasad Chaudhari	Indian National Congress
18	Motihari	None	Shakuntla Devi	Indian National Congress
19	Sugauli	SC	Bidya Kishore Bidyalankar	Indian National Congress
20	Harsidhi	None	Nageshwar Dutt Pathak	Indian National Congress
21	Gobindganj	None	Dhrup Narain Mani Tripathi	Indian National Congress
22	Barauli	None	Gorakh Rai	Indian National Congress
23	Gopalganj	None	Abdul Ghafoor	Indian National Congress
24	Kuchaikot	None	Sheokumar Pathak	Indian National Congress
25	Katea	SC	Badari Mahara	Swatantra Party
26	Bhore	None	Raj Mangal Mishra	Indian National Congress
27	Mirganj	None	Prabhunath Tiwari	Praja Socialist Party
28	Siwan	None	Janardan Tiwari	Jan Sangh
29	Ziradei	None	Raja Ram Choudhary	Swatantra Party
30	Mairwa	SC	Ram Basawan Ram	Indian National Congress
31	Darauli	None	Ramayan Shukla	Indian National Congress
32	Raghunathpur	None	Ramanand Yadav	Indian National Congress
33	Manjhi	None	Girish Tiwary	Indian National Congress
34	Maharajganj	None	Umashankar Prasad	Swatantra Party
35	Basantpur West	None	Jhulan Singh	Indian National Congress
36	Basantpur East	None	Sabhapati Singh	Praja Socialist Party
37	Barharia	None	Ram Raj Singh	Praja Socialist Party
38	Baikunthpur	None	Sheobachan Trivedi	Indian National Congress
39	Mashrakh North	None	Prabhu Nath Singh	Indian National Congress
40	Mashrakh South	None	Raj Kumari Devi	Indian National Congress