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1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

State assembly election in India

Field	Value
election_name	1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
type	legislative
country	India
ongoing	no
previous_year	1957
previous_election	1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
election_date	19 February 1962
next_year	1967
next_election	1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
seats_for_election	All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	159
registered
turnout	44.47%
image_size	100px
party1	Indian National Congress
leader1	Binodanand Jha
image1	Hand_INC.svg
seats1	185
seats_before1	210
seat_change1	25
party2	Swatantra Party
image2	Swatantra Party symbol.png
seats2	50
seats_before2	New
seat_change2	New
title	CM
before_party	Indian National Congress
before_election	Binodanand Jha
after_party	Indian National Congress
after_election	Binodanand Jha

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 with the educational portfolio.

General statistics

Polling Stations	24,215

Results

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List of successful candidates

No.	Constituency	Reservation	Candidate
1	Dhanaha	None	Ranglal Prasad
2	Bagaha	SC	Narsingh Baitha
3	Ramnagar	None	Narain Bikram Shah Alias Narain Raja
4	Shikarpur	None	Umesh Prasad Verma
5	Sikta	None	Raiful Azam
6	Lauria	None	Subh Narain Prasad
7	Chanpatia	None	Pramod Kumar Mishra
8	Bettiah	None	Jay Narayan Prasad
9	Manjhaulia	SC	Jildar Ram
10	Raxaul	None	Radha Pande
11	Adapur	None	Rambaran Prasad
12	Ghorasahan	None	Rajendra Pratap Singh
13	Dhaka	None	Nek Mahamad
14	Patahi	None	Bibhishan Kumar
15	Madhuban	None	Mangal Prasad Yadav
16	Kesaria	None	Pitambar Singh
17	Pipra	None	Satyadeo Prasad Chaudhari
18	Motihari	None	Shakuntla Devi
19	Sugauli	SC	Bidya Kishore Bidyalankar
20	Harsidhi	None	Nageshwar Dutt Pathak
21	Gobindganj	None	Dhrup Narain Mani Tripathi
22	Barauli	None	Gorakh Rai
23	Gopalganj	None	Abdul Ghafoor
24	Kuchaikot	None	Sheokumar Pathak
25	Katea	SC	Badari Mahara
26	Bhore	None	Raj Mangal Mishra
27	Mirganj	None	Prabhunath Tiwari
28	Siwan	None	Janardan Tiwari
29	Ziradei	None	Raja Ram Choudhary
30	Mairwa	SC	Ram Basawan Ram
31	Darauli	None	Ramayan Shukla
32	Raghunathpur	None	Ramanand Yadav
33	Manjhi	None	Girish Tiwary
34	Maharajganj	None	Umashankar Prasad
35	Basantpur West	None	Jhulan Singh
36	Basantpur East	None	Sabhapati Singh
37	Barharia	None	Ram Raj Singh
38	Baikunthpur	None	Sheobachan Trivedi
39	Mashrakh North	None	Prabhu Nath Singh
40	Mashrakh South	None	Raj Kumari Devi
41	Marhaura	None	Suraj Singh
42	Baniapur	None	Uma Pandey
43	Chapra Muffasil	SC	Jag Lall Choudhari
44	Chapra	None	Sundri Devi
45	Garkha	None	Sheo Shanker Prasad Singh
46	Parsa	None	Daroga Prasad Rai
47	Sonepur	None	Sheo Bachan Singh
48	Hajipur	None	Dipnarain Sinha
49	Raghopur	None	Devendra Sinha
50	Mahnar	None	Munishwar Prasad Sinha
51	Jandaha	None	Tulsi Dass Mehta
52	Patepur	None	Kamlesh Rai
53	Mahua	SC	Mira Devi
54	Lalganj South	None	Birchandra Patel
55	Lalganj North	None	Bateshwar Prasad
56	Paru	SC	Chandu Ram
57	Sahibganj	None	Nawal Kishore Singh
58	Baruraj	None	Ramchandra Pd. Sahi
59	Kanti	None	Yamuna Prasad Tripathy
60	Kurhani	SC	Ramgulam Choudhary
61	Sakra	None	Mahesh Prasad Singh
62	Muzaffarpur	None	Devanandan Sahaya
63	Muzaffarpur	None	Muffasil Chandra Madhav Singh
64	Katra South	None	Nitishwar Prasad Singh
65	Katra North	None	Pandav Rai
66	Minapur	None	Janak Singh
67	Runisaidpur	None	Viveka Nand Giri
68	Belsand	None	Ramanand Singh
69	Sheohar	None	Chitaranjan Singh
70	Majorganj	SC	Ram Swatantra Partyroop Ram
71	Sitamarhi South	None	Kishori Lal Sah
72	Sitamarhi North	None	Girja Devi
73	Sonbarsa	None	Sitaram Mahto
74	Sursand	None	Pratibha Devi
75	Pupri North	None	Bhuneshwar Rai
76	Pupri South	None	Davendra Jha
77	Jale	None	Ek Narayan Choudhary
78	Benipatti West	None	Tej Narain Jha
79	Benipatti East	None	Rajkumar Purbey
80	Harlakhi	None	Baidyanath Yadav
81	Jainagar	SC	Ramkrishna Mahto
82	Khajauli	None	Sakoor Ahmad
83	Madhubani West	None	Safiqullah Ansari
84	Madhubani East	None	Suraj Narain Singh
85	Jhanjharpur	None	Harishchandra Jha
86	Laukaha	None	Deonarain Gurmaita
87	Phulparas	None	Rasik Lal Yadav
88	Madhaipur	None	Premchand Mishra
89	Biraul	None	Chandrashekhar Jha
90	Bahera East	None	Maheshkant Sharma
91	Bahera West	None	Harinath Mishra
92	Bahera South	None	Krishna Devi
93	Darbhanga	None	Central Rameshwar Prasad Sinha
94	Darbhanga North	None	Sayeedul Haque Shaikh
95	Darbhanga West	SC	Shyam Kumari
96	Darbhanga East	None	Ramsewak Thakur
97	Warisnagar West	None	Ramsukumari Devi
98	Warisnagar East	None	Basistha Narain Singh
99	Samastipur East	None	Sahdeo Mahto
100	Samastipur West	None	Tej Narain Ishwar
101	TaJharkhand Partyur	None	Karpoori Thakur
102	Mohiuddinnagar	None	Shanti Devi
103	Dalsingh Sarai West	SC	Baleshwar Ram
104	Dalsingh Sarai East	None	Mishri Singh
105	Rosera	None	Ramakant Jha
106	Rosera East	None	Mahabir Raut
107	Singhia	SC	Babue Lal Mahto
108	Supaul	None	Parmeshwar Kumar
109	Kishanpur	None	Baidyanath Mehta
110	Raghopur	None	Rajendra Mishra
111	Tribeniganj	None	Khub Lal Mahto
112	SingheSwatantra Partyrsthan	SC	Ramji Mushar
113	Murliganj	None	Jai Kumar Singh
114	Madhipura	None	Bindheyshwari Pd. Mandal
115	Saharsa	None	Ramesh Jha
116	Sonbarsa	None	Suresh Chandra Yadav
117	Kishanganj	SC	Yashoda Devi
118	Alamnagar	None	Yadunandan Jha
119	Rupauli	None	Brij Behari Singh
120	Dhamdaha	None	Lakshmi Narain Sudhanshu
121	Banmankhi	SC	Bhola PaSwatantra Partyn
122	Raniganj	None	Ganesh Lall Verma
123	Narpatganj	SC	Dumar Lal Baitha
124	Forbesganj	None	Saryu Mishra
125	Araria	None	Balkrishna Jha
126	Palasi	None	Azimuddin Mohammad
127	Bahadurganj	None	Rafuque Alam
128	Kishanganj	None	Mohammad Hussain Azad
129	Amaur	None	Mohammad Alijan
130	Purnea	None	Kamaldeo Narain Sinha
131	Baisi	None	Haseebur Rahman
132	Kadwa	None	Kamal Nath Jha
133	Azamnagar	ST	Nandlal Marandi
134	Katihar	None	Sukdeo Narain Singh
135	Barari	None	Basudeo Prasad Singh
136	Manihari	None	Jubraj
137	Rajmahal	None	Binodanand Jha
138	Borio	ST	Singrai Murmu
139	Barhait	ST	Babulal Tudu
140	Littipara	ST	Ram Charan Kisku
141	Pakaur	None	Prasunandu Chandra Pandey
142	Maheshpur	ST	Joseph Murmu
143	Shikaripara	ST	Bariar Hembrom
144	Raneshwar	ST	Barka Baski
145	Nalla	None	Bisheshwar Khan
146	Jamtara	None	Kali Prasad Singh
147	Sarath	None	Kamdev Prasad Singh
148	Madhupur	SC	Chhattu Turi
149	Deoghar	None	Sailabala Roy
150	Jarmundi	None	Srikant Jha
151	Dumka	ST	Paul Murmu
152	Ramgarh	ST	Madan Besra
153	Poraiyahat	ST	Jadunandan Murmu
154	Godda	None	Deep Narain Chaudhary
155	Mahagama	None	RaJharkhand Partyati Ram
156	Pirpainti	None	Baikunth Ram
157	Colgong	None	Syed Maqbool Ahmed
158	Bhagalpur Muffasil	SC	Bholanath Das
159	Bhagalpur	None	Satyendra Narayan Agarwal
160	Gopalpur	None	Maya Devi
161	Bihpur	None	Sukdeo Choudhary
162	Sultanganj	None	Debi Prasad Mahto
163	Amarpur	None	Shital Prasad Bhagat
164	Dhuraiya	None	Saminuddin Molvi
165	Banka	None	Braj Mohan Singh
166	Belhar	None	Raghvendra Narain Singh
167	Katoria	ST	Kampa Murmu
168	Chakai	ST	Lakhan Murmu
169	Jhajha	None	Shri Krishna Singh
170	Jamui	SC	Guru Ram Das
171	Sikandra	None	Mushtaque Ahmed Shah
172	Sheikhpura	None	Sheoshanker Singh
173	Barbigha	SC	Leela Devi
174	Burhee	None	Kapildeo Singh
175	Surajgarha	None	Rajeshwari Prasad Singh
176	Tarapur	None	Jaimangal Singh
177	Khargpur	None	Nandkumar Singh
178	Monghyr	None	Ramgovind Singh Verma
179	Jamalpur	None	Yogendra Mahton
180	Parbatta	None	Lakshmi Devi
181	Chautham	None	Ghanshyam Singh
182	Bakhtiarpur	None	Mohammad Salahuddin Chaudhry
183	Alauli	SC	Mishri Sada
184	Khagaria	None	Kedar Narayan Singh Azad
185	Balia	None	Prema Devi
186	Begusarai	None	Ram Narain Choudhary
187	Bakhri	SC	Medni PaSwatantra Partyn
188	Bariarpur	None	Harihar Mahto
189	Teghra	None	Chandrasekhar Singh
190	Bachhwara	None	Girish Kumari Singh
191	Barh	None	Rana Sheolakh Pati Singh
192	Mokamah	None	Saryoo Nandan Prasad Singh
193	Asthawan	None	Kaushlendra Pd. Narayan Singh
194	Bihar North	None	Syed Wasiuddin Ahmed
195	Bihar South	None	Girwardhari Singh
196	Rajgrih	SC	Baldeo Prasad
197	Islampur	None	Shyam Sunder Prasad
198	Chandi	None	Ram Raj Prasad Singh
199	Hilsa	None	Jagdish Prasad
200	Bakhtiarpur	None	Ramyatna Singh
201	Fatwa	SC	Kauleshwar Das
202	Masaurhi	SC	Saraswati Chaudhary
203	Punpun	None	Nawal Kishore Singh
204	Naubatpur	None	Dasu Sinha
205	Patna South	None	Badri Nath Verma
206	Patna	None	Zahra Ahmad
207	Patna West	None	Krishna Ballabh Sahay
208	Dinapur	None	Ram Sewak Singh
209	Maner	None	Budhdeo Singh
210	Bikram	None	Manorma Devi
211	Paliganj	None	Ramlakhan Singh Yadav
212	Sandesh	None	Jhaman Prasad
213	Arrah	None	Sumitra Devi
214	Arrah	None	Muffasil Ambika Singh
215	Shahpur	None	Ramanand Tiwari
216	Barhampur	None	Budhi Nath Singh
217	Dumraon	None	Kumar Ganga Prasad Singh
218	Nawanagar	None	Suraj Prasad
219	Buxar	None	Jagnarain Trivedi
220	Ramgarh	None	Bishwanath Rai
221	Mohania	None	Mangal Charan Singh
222	Chainpur	SC	Ram Krishan Ram
223	Bhabua	None	Shyam Narain Pandey
224	Chenari	SC	Shri Gobind Ram
225	Sasaram	None	Dukhan Ram
226	Dehri	None	Abdul Qaiyum Ansari
227	Nokha	None	Guthuli Singh
228	Dinara	None	Ram Ashish Singh
229	Bikramganj	None	Manorama Pandey
230	Dawath	None	Krishnaraj Singh
231	Jagdishpur	SC	Sukar Ram
232	Piro	None	Indramani Singh
233	Sahar	None	Sheo Pujan Rai
234	Arwal	None	Budhan Mehta
235	Kurtha	None	Ramcharan Singh
236	Makhdumpur	None	Sukhdeo Prasad Verma
237	Jahanabad	SC	Mahabir Chaudhary
238	Ghosi	None	Mithileshwar Pd. Singh
239	Belaganj	SC	Rameshwar Manjhi
240	Goh	None	Thakur Munishwar Nath Singh
241	Daudnagar	None	Ram Narayan Singh Yadav
242	Obra	SC	Dilkeshwar Ram
243	Nabinagar	None	Satyendra Narain Sinha
244	Aurangabad	None	Brijmohan Singh
245	Rafiganj	None	Ram Pukar Singh
246	Imamganj	None	Ambika Prasad Singh
247	Sherghati	None	Md. Shahjahan
248	Barachatti	None	Mustaque Ali Khan
249	Bodh Gaya	None	Kuldeep Mahto
250	Koch	None	Mundrika Singh
251	Gaya	None	Shyam Barthwar
252	Gaya	None	Muffasil Hardeo Singh
253	Atri	None	Sheo Ratan Singh
254	Hisua	None	Rajkumari Devi
255	Nawada	None	Gaurishanker Keshari
256	Warsaliganj	None	Ramkishun Singh
257	Pakribarwan	SC	Chetu Ram
258	Rajauli	None	RamSwatantra Partyrup Prasad Yadav
259	Dhanwar	SC	Gopal Rabidas
260	Gawan	None	Girija Prasad Singh
261	Jamua	None	Indra Narain Singh
262	Giridih	None	Raghunandan Ram
263	Dumri	ST	Hemlal Pragnait
264	Bermo	None	Bindeshwari Dubey
265	Bagodar	None	Moti Ram
266	Barhi	None	Kamakshya Narain Singh
267	Kodarma	None	Awadh Bihari Dikshit
268	Chauparan	None	Nand Kishore Singh
269	Chatra	None	Keshaw Prasad Singh
270	Barkagaon	None	Shasank Manjari
271	Hazaribagh	None	Gyani Ram
272	Mandu	None	Raghunandan Prasad
273	Ramgarh	None	Tara Prasad Bakshi
274	Petarbar	ST	Rameshwar Manjhi
275	Topchanchi	None	Purnendu Narayan Singh
276	Kenduadih	SC	Ram Lal Das
277	Dhanbad	None	Sheoraj Prasad
278	Tundi	None	Gokhuleshwar Mishra
279	Nirsa	ST	Lakshminarayan Manjhi
280	Jorapokhar	None	Ram Narain Sharma
281	Chas	None	Parbati Charan Mahto
282	Bahragora	None	Jhareswar Ghosh
283	Ghatshila	ST	Basta Soren
284	Potka	ST	Majhi Rasraj Tudu
285	Jamshedpur	None	Ramavatar Singh
286	Jugsalai	None	Sunil Mukherjee
287	Seraikella	None	Nrupendra Narayan Singh Deo
288	Chaibasa	ST	Harish Chandra Deogam
289	Manjari	ST	Vivekanand Pareya
290	Majhgaon	ST	Sharan Balmuchu
291	Manoharpur	None	Shubhnath Deogam
292	Sonua	ST	Sanatan Samad
293	Chakradharpur	None	Sarangi Rudra
294	Chandil West	SC	Nathuniram Chamar
295	Chandil East	None	Prabhat Kumar Aditya Deb
296	Tamar	ST	Dhan Singh Munda
297	Sonahatu	SC	Somar Ram
298	Ranchi	None	Birendra Nath Ray
299	Silli	None	Jagesar Chowdhary
300	Ranchi	None	Sadar Ambika Nath Sahdeo
301	Khunti	ST	Phulchand Kachchap
302	Torpa	ST	Samuel Munda
303	Kolebira	ST	Sushil Bage
304	Simdega	ST	Simon Oraon
305	Chainpur	ST	Michael
306	Gumla	ST	Punai Oraon
307	Sisai	ST	Sitaram Bhagat
308	Lohardaga	ST	Sushil Bakhla
309	Bero	ST	Paul Dayal
310	Mandar	None	Zahoor Ali Mohammad
311	Latehar	ST	John Berchmans Munzani
312	Panki	None	Deo Lal Jagdhatri Nath Sah
313	Daltonganj	None	Sachidanand Tripathy
314	Garhwa	None	Gopi Nath Prasad Singh
315	Bhawanathpur	None	Shanker Pratap Deo
316	Hussainabad	SC	Ramdeni Ram
317	Bishrampur	None	Krishna Murari Singh
318	Leslieganj	SC	Ram Krishna Ram

References

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

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