1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
159 seats needed for a majority
Registered22,115,041
Turnout44.47%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Binodanand Jha
Party INC SWA
Seats before 210 New
Seats won 185 50
Seat change Decrease25 New

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]

  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).