1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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  1957 19 February 1962 1967  

All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
159 seats needed for a majority
Registered22,115,041
Turnout44.47%
 Majority partyMinority party
  Hand INC.svg Swatantra Party symbol.png
Leader Binodanand Jha
Party INC SWA
Seats before210New
Seats won18550
Seat changeDecrease2.svg25New

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]

Contents

General statistics

Total SeatsTotal electorsVotes PolledPercentageValid VotesCandidates (Men)Candidates (Women)Polling Stations
31822115041983381044.47%481016414834624215

Results

India Bihar Legislative Assembly 1962.svg
S. No.AbbreviationPartySeats contestedSeats won
1SWA Swatantra Party 25950
2SOC Socialist Party of India 1327
3PSP Praja Socialist Party 19929
4JS Jan Sangh 753
5INC Indian National Congress 318185
6CPI Communist Party of India 8412
7RRP Ram Rajya Parishad 170
8JP Jharkhand Party 7520
9HMS Hindu Mahasabha 30
10INDIndependent36712

List of successful candidates

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/None)
MemberParty
DhanahaNoneRanglal Prasad Indian National Congress
BagahaSCNarsingh Baitha Indian National Congress
RamnagarNoneNarain Bikram Shah Alias Narain Raja Swatantra Party
ShikarpurNoneUmesh Prasad Verma Indian National Congress
SiktaNoneRaiful Azam Swatantra Party
LauriaNoneSubh Narain Prasad Indian National Congress
ChanpatiaNonePramod Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress
BettiahNoneJay Narayan Prasad Indian National Congress
ManjhauliaSCJildar Ram Swatantra Party
RaxaulNoneRadha Pande Indian National Congress
AdapurNoneRambaran Prasad Praja Socialist Party
GhorasahanNoneRajendra Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
DhakaNoneNek Mahamad Communist Party of India
PatahiNoneBibhishan Kumar Indian National Congress
MadhubanNone Mangal Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
KesariaNonePitambar Singh Communist Party of India
PipraNoneSatyadeo Prasad Chaudhari Indian National Congress
MotihariNoneShakuntla Devi Indian National Congress
SugauliSCBidya Kishore Bidyalankar Indian National Congress
HarsidhiNoneNageshwar Dutt Pathak Indian National Congress
GobindganjNoneDhrup Narain Mani Tripathi Indian National Congress
BarauliNoneGorakh Rai Indian National Congress
GopalganjNone Abdul Ghafoor Indian National Congress
KuchaikotNoneSheokumar Pathak Indian National Congress
KateaSCBadari Mahara Swatantra Party
BhoreNoneRaj Mangal Mishra Indian National Congress
MirganjNonePrabhunath Tiwari Praja Socialist Party
SiwanNone Janardan Tiwari Jan Sangh
ZiradeiNoneRaja Ram Choudhary Swatantra Party
MairwaSCRam Basawan Ram Indian National Congress
DarauliNoneRamayan Shukla Indian National Congress
RaghunathpurNone Ram Nandan Yadav Indian National Congress
ManjhiNoneGirish Tiwary Indian National Congress
MaharajganjNoneUmashankar Prasad Swatantra Party
Basantpur WestNoneJhulan Singh Indian National Congress
Basantpur EastNoneSabhapati Singh Praja Socialist Party
BarhariaNoneRam Raj Singh Praja Socialist Party
BaikunthpurNoneSheobachan Trivedi Indian National Congress
Mashrakh NorthNone Prabhu Nath Singh Indian National Congress
Mashrakh SouthNoneRaj Kumari Devi Indian National Congress
MarhauraNoneSuraj Singh Indian National Congress
BaniapurNoneUma Pandey Indian National Congress
Chapra MuffasilSCJag Lall Choudhari Indian National Congress
ChapraNoneSundri Devi Indian National Congress
GarkhaNoneSheo Shanker Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
ParsaNone Daroga Prasad Rai Indian National Congress
SonepurNoneSheo Bachan Singh Communist Party of India
HajipurNoneDipnarain Sinha Indian National Congress
RaghopurNoneDevendra Sinha Socialist Party
MahnarNoneMunishwar Prasad Sinha Praja Socialist Party
JandahaNone Tulsi Das Mehta Socialist Party
PatepurNoneKamlesh Rai Praja Socialist Party
MahuaSCMira Devi Indian National Congress
Lalganj SouthNoneBirchandra Patel Indian National Congress
Lalganj NorthNoneBateshwar Prasad Independent
ParuSCChandu Ram Indian National Congress
SahibganjNoneNawal Kishore Singh Indian National Congress
BarurajNoneRamchandra Pd. Sahi Indian National Congress
KantiNoneYamuna Prasad Tripathy Indian National Congress
KurhaniSCRamgulam Choudhary Indian National Congress
SakraNoneMahesh Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
MuzaffarpurNoneDevanandan Sahaya Indian National Congress
Muzaffarpur MuffasilNoneChandra Madhav Singh Indian National Congress
Katra SouthNoneNitishwar Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
Katra NorthNonePandav Rai Independent
MinapurNoneJanak Singh Indian National Congress
RunisaidpurNoneViveka Nand Giri Independent
BelsandNoneRamanand Singh Praja Socialist Party
SheoharNoneChitaranjan Singh Indian National Congress
MajorganjSCRam Swaroop Ram Indian National Congress
Sitamarhi SouthNoneKishori Lal Sah Indian National Congress
Sitamarhi NorthNoneGirja Devi Indian National Congress
SonbarsaNoneSitaram Mahto Independent
SursandNonePratibha Devi Indian National Congress
Pupri NorthNoneBhuneshwar Rai Praja Socialist Party
Pupri SouthNoneDavendra Jha Praja Socialist Party
JaleNoneEk Narayan Choudhary Indian National Congress
Benipatti WestNoneTej Narain Jha Communist Party of India
Benipatti EastNoneRajkumar Purbey Communist Party of India
HarlakhiNoneBaidyanath Yadav Communist Party of India
JainagarSCRamkrishna Mahto Indian National Congress
KhajauliNoneSakoor Ahmad Indian National Congress
Madhubani WestNoneSafiqullah Ansari Indian National Congress
Madhubani EastNoneSuraj Narain Singh Praja Socialist Party
JhanjharpurNoneHarishchandra Jha Indian National Congress
LaukahaNoneDeonarain Gurmaita Praja Socialist Party
PhulparasNone Rasik Lal Yadav Indian National Congress
MadhaipurNone Premchand Mishra Indian National Congress
BiraulNoneChandrashekhar Jha Swatantra Party
Bahera EastNoneMaheshkant Sharma Indian National Congress
Bahera WestNoneHarinath Mishra Indian National Congress
Bahera SouthNoneKrishna Devi Indian National Congress
Darbhanga CentralNoneRameshwar Prasad Sinha Indian National Congress
Darbhanga NorthNoneSayeedul Haque Shaikh Indian National Congress
Darbhanga WestSCShyam Kumari Indian National Congress
Darbhanga EastNoneRamsewak Thakur Indian National Congress
Warisnagar WestNoneRamsukumari Devi Indian National Congress
Warisnagar EastNoneBasistha Narain Singh Praja Socialist Party
Samastipur EastNone Sahdeo Mahato Indian National Congress
Samastipur WestNoneTej Narain Ishwar Indian National Congress
TajpurNone Karpoori Thakur Praja Socialist Party
MohiuddinnagarNoneShanti Devi Indian National Congress
Dalsingh Sarai WestSCBaleshwar Ram Indian National Congress
Dalsingh Sarai EastNoneMishri Singh Indian National Congress
RoseraNoneRamakant Jha Praja Socialist Party
Rosera EastNoneMahabir Raut Indian National Congress
SinghiaSCBabue Lal Mahto Indian National Congress
SupaulNoneParmeshwar Kumar Praja Socialist Party
KishanpurNoneBaidyanath Mehta Indian National Congress
RaghopurNoneRajendra Mishra Indian National Congress
TribeniganjNoneKhub Lal Mahto Indian National Congress
SingheswarsthanSCRamji Mushar Socialist Party
MurliganjNoneJai Kumar Singh Socialist Party
MadhipuraNoneBindheyshwari Pd. Mandal Indian National Congress
SaharsaNoneRamesh Jha Praja Socialist Party
SonbarsaNone Suresh Chandra Yadav Swatantra Party
KishanganjSCYashoda Devi Indian National Congress
AlamnagarNoneYadunandan Jha Indian National Congress
RupauliNoneBrij Behari Singh Indian National Congress
DhamdahaNoneLakshmi Narain Sudhanshu Indian National Congress
BanmankhiSC Bhola Paswan Indian National Congress
RaniganjNoneGanesh Lall Verma Independent
NarpatganjSCDumar Lal Baitha Indian National Congress
ForbesganjNoneSaryu Mishra Praja Socialist Party
ArariaNoneBalkrishna Jha Independent
PalasiNoneAzimuddin Mohammad Swatantra Party
BahadurganjNoneRafuque Alam Indian National Congress
KishanganjNoneMohamad Hussain Azad Swatantra Party
AmaurNoneMohammad Alijan Indian National Congress
PurneaNoneKamaldeo Narain Sinha Indian National Congress
BaisiNoneHaseebur Rahman Praja Socialist Party
KadwaNoneKamal Nath Jha Indian National Congress
AzamnagarSTNandlal Marandi Praja Socialist Party
KatiharNoneSukdeo Narain Singh Indian National Congress
BarariNoneBasudeo Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
ManihariNoneJubraj Praja Socialist Party
RajmahalNoneBinodanand Jha Indian National Congress
BorioSTSingrai Murmu Janata Party
BarhaitSTBabulal Tudu Janata Party
LittiparaSTRam Charan Kisku Janata Party
PakaurNonePrasunandu Chandra Pandey Janata Party
MaheshpurSTJoseph Murmu Swatantra Party
ShikariparaSTBariar Hembrom Janata Party
RaneshwarSTBarka Baski Janata Party
NallaNoneBisheshwar Khan Communist Party of India
JamtaraNoneKali Prasad Singh Swatantra Party
SarathNoneKamdev Prasad Singh Praja Socialist Party
MadhupurSCChhattu Turi Swatantra Party
DeogharNoneSailabala Roy Indian National Congress
JarmundiNoneSrikant Jha Indian National Congress
DumkaSTPaul Murmu Janata Party
RamgarhSTMadan Besra Janata Party
PoraiyahatSTJadunandan Murmu Indian National Congress
GoddaNoneDeep Narain Chaudhary Indian National Congress
MahagamaNoneRajpati Ram Indian National Congress
PirpaintiNoneBaikunth Ram Indian National Congress
ColgongNoneSyed Maqbool Ahmed Indian National Congress
Bhagalpur MuffasilSCBholanath Das Indian National Congress
BhagalpurNoneSatyendra Narayan Agarwal Indian National Congress
GopalpurNoneMaya Devi Indian National Congress
BihpurNoneSukdeo Choudhary Indian National Congress
SultanganjNoneDebi Prasad Mahto Indian National Congress
AmarpurNoneShital Prasad Bhagat Indian National Congress
DhuraiyaNoneSaminuddin Molvi Indian National Congress
BankaNoneBraj Mohan Singh Swatantra Party
BelharNoneRaghvendra Narain Singh Indian National Congress
KatoriaSTKampa Murmu Swatantra Party
ChakaiSTLakhan Murmu Socialist Party
JhajhaNoneShri Krishna Singh Socialist Party
JamuiSCGuru Ram Das Indian National Congress
SikandraNoneMushtaque Ahmed Shah Indian National Congress
SheikhpuraNoneSheoshanker Singh Indian National Congress
BarbighaSCLeela Devi Indian National Congress
BurheeNoneKapildeo Singh Praja Socialist Party
SurajgarhaNoneRajeshwari Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
TarapurNoneJaimangal Singh Indian National Congress
KhargpurNoneNandkumar Singh Indian National Congress
MonghyrNoneRamgovind Singh Verma Indian National Congress
JamalpurNoneYogendra Mahton Indian National Congress
ParbattaNoneLakshmi Devi Indian National Congress
ChauthamNoneGhanshyam Singh Indian National Congress
BakhtiarpurNoneMohammad Salahuddin Chaudhry Indian National Congress
AlauliSCMishri Sada Indian National Congress
KhagariaNoneKedar Narayan Singh Azad Indian National Congress
BaliaNonePrema Devi Indian National Congress
BegusaraiNoneRam Narain Choudhary Indian National Congress
BakhriSCMedni Paswan Indian National Congress
BariarpurNoneHarihar Mahto Indian National Congress
TeghraNoneChandrasekhar Singh Communist Party of India
BachhwaraNoneGirish Kumari Singh Indian National Congress
BarhNoneRana Sheolakh Pati Singh Indian National Congress
MokamahNoneSaryoo Nandan Prasad Singh Independent
AsthawanNoneKaushlendra Pd. Narayan Singh Praja Socialist Party
Bihar NorthNoneSyed Wasiuddin Ahmed Indian National Congress
Bihar SouthNoneGirwardhari Singh Indian National Congress
RajgrihSCBaldeo Prasad Indian National Congress
IslampurNoneShyam Sunder Prasad Swatantra Party
ChandiNoneRam Raj Prasad Singh Praja Socialist Party
HilsaNoneJagdish Prasad Jan Sangh
BakhtiarpurNoneRamyatna Singh Indian National Congress
FatwaSCKauleshwar Das Indian National Congress
MasaurhiSCSaraswati Chaudhary Indian National Congress
PunpunNoneNawal Kishore Singh Indian National Congress
NaubatpurNoneDasu Sinha Indian National Congress
Patna SouthNoneBadri Nath Verma Indian National Congress
Patna EastNoneZahra Ahmad Indian National Congress
Patna WestNone Krishna Ballabh Sahay Indian National Congress
DinapurNoneRam Sewak Singh Socialist Party
ManerNoneBudhdeo Singh Indian National Congress
BikramNoneManorma Devi Indian National Congress
PaliganjNone Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
SandeshNoneJhaman Prasad Indian National Congress
ArrahNoneSumitra Devi Indian National Congress
Arrah MuffasilNoneAmbika Singh Indian National Congress
ShahpurNone Ramanand Tiwari Praja Socialist Party
BarhampurNoneBudhi Nath Singh Independent
DumraonNoneKumar Ganga Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
NawanagarNoneSuraj Prasad Communist Party of India
BuxarNoneJagnarain Trivedi Indian National Congress
RamgarhNoneBishwanath Rai Indian National Congress
MohaniaNoneMangal Charan Singh Indian National Congress
ChainpurSCRam Krishan Ram Indian National Congress
BhabuaNoneShyam Narain Pandey Indian National Congress
ChenariSCShri Gobind Ram Indian National Congress
SasaramNoneDukhan Ram Indian National Congress
DehriNoneAbdul Qaiyum Ansari Indian National Congress
NokhaNoneGuthuli Singh Indian National Congress
DinaraNoneRam Ashish Singh Praja Socialist Party
BikramganjNoneManorama Pandey Indian National Congress
DawathNoneKrishnaraj Singh Indian National Congress
JagdishpurSCSukar Ram Praja Socialist Party
PiroNoneIndramani Singh Indian National Congress
SaharNoneSheo Pujan Rai Indian National Congress
ArwalNoneBudhan Mehta Indian National Congress
KurthaNoneRamcharan Singh Praja Socialist Party
MakhdumpurNoneSukhdeo Prasad Verma Indian National Congress
JahanabadSCMahabir Chaudhary Indian National Congress
GhosiNoneMithileshwar Pd. Singh Indian National Congress
BelaganjSCRameshwar Manjhi Indian National Congress
GohNoneThakur Munishwar Nath Singh Indian National Congress
DaudnagarNone Ram Narayan Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
ObraSCDilkeshwar Ram Indian National Congress
NabinagarNoneSatyendra Narain Sinha Indian National Congress
AurangabadNoneBrijmohan Singh Swatantra Party
RafiganjNoneRam Pukar Singh Swatantra Party
ImamganjNoneAmbika Prasad Singh Swatantra Party
SherghatiNoneMd. Shahjahan Indian National Congress
BarachattiNoneMustaque Ali Khan Swatantra Party
Bodh GayaNoneKuldeep Mahto Swatantra Party
KochNoneMundrika Singh Praja Socialist Party
GayaNoneShyam Barthwar Independent
Gaya MuffasilNoneHardeo Singh Indian National Congress
AtriNoneSheo Ratan Singh Indian National Congress
HisuaNoneRajkumari Devi Indian National Congress
NawadaNoneGaurishanker Keshari Jan Sangh
WarsaliganjNoneRamkishun Singh Indian National Congress
PakribarwanSCChetu Ram Indian National Congress
RajauliNone Ramswaroop Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
DhanwarSCGopal Rabidas Swatantra Party
GawanNoneGirija Prasad Singh Swatantra Party
JamuaNoneIndra Narain Singh Swatantra Party
GiridihNoneRaghunandan Ram Indian National Congress
DumriSTHemlal Pragnait Swatantra Party
BermoNoneBindeshwari Dubey Indian National Congress
BagodarNoneMoti Ram Swatantra Party
BarhiNoneKamakshya Narain Singh Swatantra Party
KodarmaNoneAwadh Bihari Dikshit Indian National Congress
ChauparanNoneNand Kishore Singh Swatantra Party
ChatraNoneKeshaw Prasad Singh Swatantra Party
BarkagaonNoneShasank Manjari Swatantra Party
HazaribaghNoneGyani Ram Indian National Congress
ManduNoneRaghunandan Prasad Swatantra Party
RamgarhNoneTara Prasad Bakshi Swatantra Party
PetarbarSTRameshwar Manjhi Swatantra Party
TopchanchiNonePurnendu Narayan Singh Swatantra Party
KenduadihSCRam Lal Das Indian National Congress
DhanbadNoneSheoraj Prasad Indian National Congress
TundiNoneGokhuleshwar Mishra Swatantra Party
NirsaSTLakshminarayan Manjhi Indian National Congress
JorapokharNoneRam Narain Sharma Indian National Congress
ChasNoneParbati Charan Mahto Swatantra Party
BahragoraNoneJhareswar Ghosh Independent
GhatshilaSTBasta Soren Communist Party of India
PotkaSTMajhi Rasraj Tudu Indian National Congress
JamshedpurNoneRamavatar Singh Communist Party of India
JugsalaiNoneSunil Mukherjee Communist Party of India
SeraikellaNoneNrupendra Narayan Singh Deo Independent
ChaibasaSTHarish Chandra Deogam Janata Party
ManjariSTVivekanand Pareya Janata Party
MajhgaonSTSharan Balmuchu Janata Party
ManoharpurNoneShubhnath Deogam Janata Party
SonuaSTSanatan Samad Janata Party
ChakradharpurNoneSarangi Rudra Independent
Chandil WestSCNathuniram Chamar Indian National Congress
Chandil EastNonePrabhat Kumar Aditya Deb Swatantra Party
TamarSTDhan Singh Munda Janata Party
SonahatuSCSomar Ram Swatantra Party
RanchiNoneBirendra Nath Ray Indian National Congress
SilliNoneJagesar Chowdhary Swatantra Party
Ranchi SadarNoneAmbika Nath Sahdeo Swatantra Party
KhuntiSTPhulchand Kachchap Janata Party
TorpaSTSamuel Munda Janata Party
KolebiraSTSushil Bage Janata Party
SimdegaSTSimon Oraon Janata Party
ChainpurSTMichael Swatantra Party
GumlaSTPunai Oraon Janata Party
SisaiSTSitaram Bhagat Swatantra Party
LohardagaSTSushil Bakhla Swatantra Party
BeroSTPaul Dayal Janata Party
MandarNoneZahoor Ali Mohammad Indian National Congress
LateharSTJohn Berchmans Munzani Swatantra Party
PankiNoneDeo Lal Jagdhatri Nath Sah Swatantra Party
DaltonganjNoneSachidanand Tripathy Swatantra Party
GarhwaNoneGopi Nath Prasad Singh Swatantra Party
BhawanathpurNoneShanker Pratap Deo Swatantra Party
HussainabadSCRamdeni Ram Indian National Congress
BishrampurNoneKrishna Murari Singh Swatantra Party
LeslieganjSCRam Krishna Ram Swatantra Party

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References

  1. Election Commission of India New Delhi. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar Election Commission of India New Delhi" (PDF).