Bihar assembly election, Feb 1962

318 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 44.57% turnout.

Seats

318

Candidates

1,529

46 women, 25 elected

Turnout

44.57%

98.6 lakh of 2.21 cr

Leading party

INC

185 of 318 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Bihar

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	185	+185	318	40,75,844	41.35%	—
SWA Swatantra Party	50	+50	259	17,00,524	17.25%	—
PSP Praja Socialist Party	29	+29	199	13,96,952	14.17%	—
JP JP	20	+20	75	4,32,643	4.39%	—
IND Independent	12	+12	367	8,27,841	8.40%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	12	+12	84	6,13,955	6.23%	—
SOC SOC	7	+7	132	5,15,263	5.23%	—
JS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3	+3	75	2,73,355	2.77%	—
RRP RRP	0	0	17	18,174	0.18%	—
HMS HMS	0	0	3	2,614	0.03%	—

INC185 (58%)
SWA50 (16%)
PSP29 (9%)
JP20 (6%)
IND12 (4%)
CPI12 (4%)
Others10 (3%)

INC185
SWA50
PSP29
JP20
IND12
CPI12
Others10

INC185
SWA50
PSP29
JP20
IND12
CPI12
SOC7
JS3

Constituency performance

From the 318 results in Bihar

Closest contest

LAUKAHA

won by 30 (0.11%)

Biggest victory

BANMANKHI

won by 21,328 (73.35%)

Highest turnout

SONBARSA

69.69%

Lowest turnout

PETARBAR

20.17%

Vote share & turnout trend

Bihar, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 318 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 318

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
BERMO	INCBINDESHWARI DUBEY	SWATHAKUR BRAJESHWAR PRASAD SINGH	2,0287.97%	45.3%
BERO	JPPAUL DAYAL	INCSOMA BHAGAT	1,7427.57%	37.2%
BETTIAH	INCJAY NARAYAN PRASAD	JSMADAN LAL SINGHANIA	7,06932.58%	40.4%
BHABUA	INCSHYAM NARAIN PANDEY	SWADEONATH TIWARI	4,0019.52%	63.2%
BHAGALPUR	INCSATYENDRA NARAYAN AGARWAL	JSSITARAM KISHOREPURIA	9,03026.81%	52.6%
BHAGALPUR MUFFASIL	INCBHOLANATH DAS	SWAAKLU BHAGAT	11,35754.20%	28.0%
BHAWANATHPUR	SWASHANKER PRATAP DEO	INCJADUNANDAN TIWARI	11,19949.60%	37.2%
BHORE	INCRAJ MANGAL MISHRA	SWANAND KISHORE NARAIN	4,55617.76%	40.5%
BIHAR NORTH	INCSYED WASIUDDIN AHMED	CPIHABIBUR RAHMAN	5,36113.14%	51.3%
BIHAR SOUTH	INCGIRWARDHARI SINGH	INDBADRI NATH SINGH	1,9676.24%	44.7%
BIHPUR	INCSUKDEO CHOUDHARY	JSYUDHISTHIR MANDAL	4,85912.30%	51.5%
BIKRAM	INCMANORMA DEVI	INDRAMAYAN SINGH	10,00923.44%	51.6%
BIKRAMGANJ	INCMANORAMA PANDEY	SOCTULSI SINGH	4,74013.93%	49.9%
BIRAUL	SWACHANDRASHEKHAR JHA	INCJAINARAIN VINEET JHA	2,54611.25%	31.6%
BISHRAMPUR	SWAKRISHNA MURARI SINGH	INCRAJ KISHORE SINGH	7,85033.67%	32.4%
BODH GAYA	SWAKULDEEP MAHTO	INCSHANTI DEVI	4,61722.12%	38.5%
BORIO	JPSINGRAI MURMU	INCPERO KISKU	3,61917.05%	32.0%
BURHEE	PSPKAPILDEO SINGH	INCJAMUNA SINGH	4,59611.44%	62.7%
BUXAR	INCJAGNARAIN TRIVEDI	PSPRAM NARESH SINGH	11,22732.16%	56.1%
CHAIBASA	JPHARISH CHANDRA DEOGAM	INCSIDIU HEMBROM	8,09037.44%	30.9%
CHAINPUR	INCRAM KRISHAN RAM	SWADULAR CHAND RAM	1,1843.31%	59.8%
CHAINPUR	SWAMICHAEL	JPJOHAN KUJUR	6,62919.77%	43.7%
CHAKAI	SOCLAKHAN MURMU	INCBHAGWAT MURMU	2,40417.02%	29.8%
CHAKRADHARPUR	INDSARANGI RUDRA	JPSHYAMAL KUMAR PASARI	5,41121.50%	38.3%
CHANDI	PSPRAM RAJ PRASAD SINGH	SWAJAGAT KISHORE PRASAD NARAIN SINGH	1,7495.34%	48.4%
CHANDIL EAST	SWAPRABHAT KUMAR ADITYA DEB	INDGOBARDHAN MAHATO	3,98918.54%	38.4%
CHANDIL WEST	INCNATHUNIRAM CHAMAR	INDMAHICHANDRA MACHHUA	6444.93%	24.2%
CHANPATIA	INCPRAMOD KUMAR MISHRA	INDPAWAN KUMAR MISHRA	8,98135.87%	38.6%
CHAPRA	INCSUNDRI DEVI	SWAPRASIDH NARAIN SINGH	9,02522.10%	45.2%
CHAPRA MUFFASIL	INCJAG LALL CHOUDHARI	SWAMUNI LAL MANJHI	9,02033.74%	32.5%
CHAS	SWAPARBATI CHARAN MAHTO	INDJAGBANDHU BHATTACHARYA	4,94715.27%	40.6%
CHATRA	SWAKESHAW PRASAD SINGH	INCBALWANT NATH SINGH	14,50354.19%	37.2%
CHAUPARAN	SWANAND KISHORE SINGH	INCAWADH KISHORE	4,43618.75%	37.7%
CHAUTHAM	INCGHANSHYAM SINGH	SOCJAGDAMBI PRASAD SHARMA	5,55115.46%	51.9%
CHENARI	INCSHRI GOBIND RAM	SWARAM JANAM DHOBI	5,68412.41%	63.4%
COLGONG	INCSYED MAQBOOL AHMED	CPINAGESHWAR SINGH	6,54717.85%	47.1%
DALSINGH SARAI EAST	INCMISHRI SINGH	SWARAMPADARATH MAHTO	3,28211.44%	48.2%
DALSINGH SARAI WEST	INCBALESHWAR RAM	SWAGANGA PRASAD DAS	11,47545.04%	48.2%
DALTONGANJ	SWASACHIDANAND TRIPATHY	INCUMESHWARI CHARAN	2,2438.37%	40.9%
DARAULI	INCRAMAYAN SHUKLA	SWARAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH	2,1267.05%	42.0%
DARBHANGA CENTRAL	INCRAMESHWAR PRASAD SINHA	JSSURENDRA SUMAN JHA	12,01727.43%	49.0%
DARBHANGA EAST	INCRAMSEWAK THAKUR	PSPHUKUM DEV NARAIN YADAV	10,49930.39%	37.8%
DARBHANGA NORTH	INCSAYEEDUL HAQUE SHAIKH	SWAKUSHESBAR JHA	2,18710.00%	30.6%
DARBHANGA WEST	INCSHYAM KUMARI	SOCHALESHWAR DAS	5,68723.30%	29.1%
DAUDNAGAR	INCRAM NARAYAN SINGH YADAV	PSPRAM NARESH SINGH	7,19824.42%	40.1%
DAWATH	INCKRISHNARAJ SINGH	CPISANT PRASAD SINGH	3,3088.92%	54.0%
DEHRI	INCABDUL QAIYUM ANSARI	PSPBASAWAN SINGH	19,37940.40%	62.1%
DEOGHAR	INCSAILABALA ROY	SWAALAKA DEBI	2,8439.56%	42.7%
DHAKA	CPINEK MAHAMAD	SWAGAJADHAR SINGH	2,71410.20%	43.6%
DHAMDAHA	INCLAKSHMI NARAIN SUDHANSHU	SWASURYA NARAYAN SINGH YADAV	11,46935.25%	46.4%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Bihar alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Bihar assembly election, Feb 1962?

Indian National Congress won 185 of 318 seats in Bihar, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Bihar assembly election, Feb 1962?

Turnout was 44.57% — 98.6 lakh of 2.21 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Bihar have?

Bihar has 318 assembly seats.