1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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-commandTemplate:Citation needed with the educational portfolio.

General statistics

Total Seats	Total electors	Votes Polled	Percentage	Valid Votes	Candidates (Men)	Candidates (Women)	Polling Stations
318	22115041	9833810	44.47%	4810164	1483	46	24215

Party-wise performance

S. No.	Abbreviation	Party	Seats contested	Seats won
1	SWA	Swatantra Party	259	50
2	SOC	Socialist Party of India	132	7
3	PSP	Praja Socialist Party	199	29
4	JS	Jan Sangh	75	3
5	INC	Indian National Congress	318	185
6	CPI	Communist Party of India	84	12
7	RRP	Ram Rajya Parishad	17	0
8	JP	Jharkhand Party	75	20
9	HMS	Hindu Mahasabha	3	0
10	IND	Independent	367	12

List of successful candidates

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/None)	Member	Party
Dhanaha	None	Ranglal Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Bagaha	SC	Narsingh Baitha	Template:Full party name with color
Ramnagar	None	Narain Bikram Shah Alias Narain Raja	Template:Full party name with color
Shikarpur	None	Umesh Prasad Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Sikta	None	Raiful Azam	Template:Full party name with color
Lauria	None	Subh Narain Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Chanpatia	None	Pramod Kumar Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Bettiah	None	Jay Narayan Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Manjhaulia	SC	Jildar Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Raxaul	None	Radha Pande	Template:Full party name with color
Adapur	None	Rambaran Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Ghorasahan	None	Rajendra Pratap Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Dhaka	None	Nek Mahamad	Template:Full party name with color
Patahi	None	Bibhishan Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Madhuban	None	Mangal Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Kesaria	None	Pitambar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Pipra	None	Satyadeo Prasad Chaudhari	Template:Full party name with color
Motihari	None	Shakuntla Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Sugauli	SC	Bidya Kishore Bidyalankar	Template:Full party name with color
Harsidhi	None	Nageshwar Dutt Pathak	Template:Full party name with color
Gobindganj	None	Dhrup Narain Mani Tripathi	Template:Full party name with color
Barauli	None	Gorakh Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Gopalganj	None	Abdul Ghafoor	Template:Full party name with color
Kuchaikot	None	Sheokumar Pathak	Template:Full party name with color
Katea	SC	Badari Mahara	Template:Full party name with color
Bhore	None	Raj Mangal Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Mirganj	None	Prabhunath Tiwari	Template:Full party name with color
Siwan	None	Janardan Tiwari	Template:Full party name with color
Ziradei	None	Raja Ram Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Mairwa	SC	Ram Basawan Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Darauli	None	Ramayan Shukla	Template:Full party name with color
Raghunathpur	None	Ramanand Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Manjhi	None	Girish Tiwary	Template:Full party name with color
Maharajganj	None	Umashankar Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Basantpur West	None	Jhulan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Basantpur East	None	Sabhapati Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barharia	None	Ram Raj Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Baikunthpur	None	Sheobachan Trivedi	Template:Full party name with color
Mashrakh North	None	Prabhu Nath Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Mashrakh South	None	Raj Kumari Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Marhaura	None	Suraj Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Baniapur	None	Uma Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Chapra Muffasil	SC	Jag Lall Choudhari	Template:Full party name with color
Chapra	None	Sundri Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Garkha	None	Sheo Shanker Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Parsa	None	Daroga Prasad Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Sonepur	None	Sheo Bachan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Hajipur	None	Dipnarain Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Raghopur	None	Devendra Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Mahnar	None	Munishwar Prasad Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Jandaha	None	Tulsi Dass Mehta	Template:Full party name with color
Patepur	None	Kamlesh Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Mahua	SC	Mira Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Lalganj South	None	Birchandra Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Lalganj North	None	Bateshwar Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Paru	SC	Chandu Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Sahibganj	None	Nawal Kishore Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Baruraj	None	Ramchandra Pd. Sahi	Template:Full party name with color
Kanti	None	Yamuna Prasad Tripathy	Template:Full party name with color
Kurhani	SC	Ramgulam Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Sakra	None	Mahesh Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Muzaffarpur	None	Devanandan Sahaya	Template:Full party name with color
Muzaffarpur Muffasil	None	Chandra Madhav Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Katra South	None	Nitishwar Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Katra North	None	Pandav Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Minapur	None	Janak Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Runisaidpur	None	Viveka Nand Giri	Template:Full party name with color
Belsand	None	Ramanand Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sheohar	None	Chitaranjan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Majorganj	SC	Ram Swaroop Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Sitamarhi South	None	Kishori Lal Sah	Template:Full party name with color
Sitamarhi North	None	Girja Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Sonbarsa	None	Sitaram Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Sursand	None	Pratibha Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Pupri North	None	Bhuneshwar Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Pupri South	None	Davendra Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Jale	None	Ek Narayan Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Benipatti West	None	Tej Narain Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Benipatti East	None	Rajkumar Purbey	Template:Full party name with color
Harlakhi	None	Baidyanath Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Jainagar	SC	Ramkrishna Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Khajauli	None	Sakoor Ahmad	Template:Full party name with color
Madhubani West	None	Safiqullah Ansari	Template:Full party name with color
Madhubani East	None	Suraj Narain Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Jhanjharpur	None	Harishchandra Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Laukaha	None	Deonarain Gurmaita	Template:Full party name with color
Phulparas	None	Rasik Lal Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Madhaipur	None	Premchand Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Biraul	None	Chandrashekhar Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Bahera East	None	Maheshkant Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Bahera West	None	Harinath Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Bahera South	None	Krishna Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Darbhanga Central	None	Rameshwar Prasad Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Darbhanga North	None	Sayeedul Haque Shaikh	Template:Full party name with color
Darbhanga West	SC	Shyam Kumari	Template:Full party name with color
Darbhanga East	None	Ramsewak Thakur	Template:Full party name with color
Warisnagar West	None	Ramsukumari Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Warisnagar East	None	Basistha Narain Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Samastipur East	None	Sahdeo Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Samastipur West	None	Tej Narain Ishwar	Template:Full party name with color
Tajpur	None	Karpoori Thakur	Template:Full party name with color
Mohiuddinnagar	None	Shanti Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Dalsingh Sarai West	SC	Baleshwar Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Dalsingh Sarai East	None	Mishri Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Rosera	None	Ramakant Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Rosera East	None	Mahabir Raut	Template:Full party name with color
Singhia	SC	Babue Lal Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Supaul	None	Parmeshwar Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Kishanpur	None	Baidyanath Mehta	Template:Full party name with color
Raghopur	None	Rajendra Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Tribeniganj	None	Khub Lal Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Singheswarsthan	SC	Ramji Mushar	Template:Full party name with color
Murliganj	None	Jai Kumar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Madhipura	None	Bindheyshwari Pd. Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Saharsa	None	Ramesh Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Sonbarsa	None	Suresh Chandra Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Kishanganj	SC	Yashoda Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Alamnagar	None	Yadunandan Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Rupauli	None	Brij Behari Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Dhamdaha	None	Lakshmi Narain Sudhanshu	Template:Full party name with color
Banmankhi	SC	Bhola Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Raniganj	None	Ganesh Lall Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Narpatganj	SC	Dumar Lal Baitha	Template:Full party name with color
Forbesganj	None	Saryu Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Araria	None	Balkrishna Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Palasi	None	Azimuddin Mohammad	Template:Full party name with color
Bahadurganj	None	Rafuque Alam	Template:Full party name with color
Kishanganj	None	Mohamad Hussain Azad	Template:Full party name with color
Amaur	None	Mohammad Alijan	Template:Full party name with color
Purnea	None	Kamaldeo Narain Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Baisi	None	Haseebur Rahman	Template:Full party name with color
Kadwa	None	Kamal Nath Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Azamnagar	ST	Nandlal Marandi	Template:Full party name with color
Katihar	None	Sukdeo Narain Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barari	None	Basudeo Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Manihari	None	Jubraj	Template:Full party name with color
Rajmahal	None	Binodanand Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Borio	ST	Singrai Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Barhait	ST	Babulal Tudu	Template:Full party name with color
Littipara	ST	Ram Charan Kisku	Template:Full party name with color
Pakaur	None	Prasunandu Chandra Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Maheshpur	ST	Joseph Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Shikaripara	ST	Bariar Hembrom	Template:Full party name with color
Raneshwar	ST	Barka Baski	Template:Full party name with color
Nalla	None	Bisheshwar Khan	Template:Full party name with color
Jamtara	None	Kali Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sarath	None	Kamdev Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Madhupur	SC	Chhattu Turi	Template:Full party name with color
Deoghar	None	Sailabala Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Jarmundi	None	Srikant Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Dumka	ST	Paul Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Ramgarh	ST	Madan Besra	Template:Full party name with color
Poraiyahat	ST	Jadunandan Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Godda	None	Deep Narain Chaudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Mahagama	None	Rajpati Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Pirpainti	None	Baikunth Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Colgong	None	Syed Maqbool Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
Bhagalpur Muffasil	SC	Bholanath Das	Template:Full party name with color
Bhagalpur	None	Satyendra Narayan Agarwal	Template:Full party name with color
Gopalpur	None	Maya Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Bihpur	None	Sukdeo Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Sultanganj	None	Debi Prasad Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Amarpur	None	Shital Prasad Bhagat	Template:Full party name with color
Dhuraiya	None	Saminuddin Molvi	Template:Full party name with color
Banka	None	Braj Mohan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Belhar	None	Raghvendra Narain Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Katoria	ST	Kampa Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Chakai	ST	Lakhan Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Jhajha	None	Shri Krishna Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Jamui	SC	Guru Ram Das	Template:Full party name with color
Sikandra	None	Mushtaque Ahmed Shah	Template:Full party name with color
Sheikhpura	None	Sheoshanker Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barbigha	SC	Leela Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Burhee	None	Kapildeo Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Surajgarha	None	Rajeshwari Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Tarapur	None	Jaimangal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Khargpur	None	Nandkumar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Monghyr	None	Ramgovind Singh Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Jamalpur	None	Yogendra Mahton	Template:Full party name with color
Parbatta	None	Lakshmi Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Chautham	None	Ghanshyam Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bakhtiarpur	None	Mohammad Salahuddin Chaudhry	Template:Full party name with color
Alauli	SC	Mishri Sada	Template:Full party name with color
Khagaria	None	Kedar Narayan Singh Azad	Template:Full party name with color
Balia	None	Prema Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Begusarai	None	Ram Narain Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Bakhri	SC	Medni Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Bariarpur	None	Harihar Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Teghra	None	Chandrasekhar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bachhwara	None	Girish Kumari Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barh	None	Rana Sheolakh Pati Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Mokamah	None	Saryoo Nandan Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Asthawan	None	Kaushlendra Pd. Narayan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bihar North	None	Syed Wasiuddin Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
Bihar South	None	Girwardhari Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Rajgrih	SC	Baldeo Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Islampur	None	Shyam Sunder Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Chandi	None	Ram Raj Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Hilsa	None	Jagdish Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Bakhtiarpur	None	Ramyatna Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Fatwa	SC	Kauleshwar Das	Template:Full party name with color
Masaurhi	SC	Saraswati Chaudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Punpun	None	Nawal Kishore Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Naubatpur	None	Dasu Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Patna South	None	Badri Nath Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Patna East	None	Zahra Ahmad	Template:Full party name with color
Patna West	None	Krishna Ballabh Sahay	Template:Full party name with color
Dinapur	None	Ram Sewak Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Maner	None	Budhdeo Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bikram	None	Manorma Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Paliganj	None	Ramlakhan Singh Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Sandesh	None	Jhaman Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Arrah	None	Sumitra Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Arrah Muffasil	None	Ambika Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Shahpur	None	Ramanand Tiwari	Template:Full party name with color
Barhampur	None	Budhi Nath Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Dumraon	None	Kumar Ganga Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Nawanagar	None	Suraj Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Buxar	None	Jagnarain Trivedi	Template:Full party name with color
Ramgarh	None	Bishwanath Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Mohania	None	Mangal Charan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Chainpur	SC	Ram Krishan Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Bhabua	None	Shyam Narain Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Chenari	SC	Shri Gobind Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Sasaram	None	Dukhan Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Dehri	None	Abdul Qaiyum Ansari	Template:Full party name with color
Nokha	None	Guthuli Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Dinara	None	Ram Ashish Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bikramganj	None	Manorama Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Dawath	None	Krishnaraj Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Jagdishpur	SC	Sukar Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Piro	None	Indramani Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sahar	None	Sheo Pujan Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Arwal	None	Budhan Mehta	Template:Full party name with color
Kurtha	None	Ramcharan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Makhdumpur	None	Sukhdeo Prasad Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Jahanabad	SC	Mahabir Chaudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Ghosi	None	Mithileshwar Pd. Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Belaganj	SC	Rameshwar Manjhi	Template:Full party name with color
Goh	None	Thakur Munishwar Nath Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Daudnagar	None	Ram Narayan Singh Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Obra	SC	Dilkeshwar Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Nabinagar	None	Satyendra Narain Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Aurangabad	None	Brijmohan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Rafiganj	None	Ram Pukar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Imamganj	None	Ambika Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sherghati	None	Md. Shahjahan	Template:Full party name with color
Barachatti	None	Mustaque Ali Khan	Template:Full party name with color
Bodh Gaya	None	Kuldeep Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Koch	None	Mundrika Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Gaya	None	Shyam Barthwar	Template:Full party name with color
Gaya Muffasil	None	Hardeo Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Atri	None	Sheo Ratan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Hisua	None	Rajkumari Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Nawada	None	Gaurishanker Keshari	Template:Full party name with color
Warsaliganj	None	Ramkishun Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Pakribarwan	SC	Chetu Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Rajauli	None	Ramswarup Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Dhanwar	SC	Gopal Rabidas	Template:Full party name with color
Gawan	None	Girija Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Jamua	None	Indra Narain Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Giridih	None	Raghunandan Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Dumri	ST	Hemlal Pragnait	Template:Full party name with color
Bermo	None	Bindeshwari Dubey	Template:Full party name with color
Bagodar	None	Moti Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Barhi	None	Kamakshya Narain Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Kodarma	None	Awadh Bihari Dikshit	Template:Full party name with color
Chauparan	None	Nand Kishore Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Chatra	None	Keshaw Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barkagaon	None	Shasank Manjari	Template:Full party name with color
Hazaribagh	None	Gyani Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Mandu	None	Raghunandan Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Ramgarh	None	Tara Prasad Bakshi	Template:Full party name with color
Petarbar	ST	Rameshwar Manjhi	Template:Full party name with color
Topchanchi	None	Purnendu Narayan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Kenduadih	SC	Ram Lal Das	Template:Full party name with color
Dhanbad	None	Sheoraj Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Tundi	None	Gokhuleshwar Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Nirsa	ST	Lakshminarayan Manjhi	Template:Full party name with color
Jorapokhar	None	Ram Narain Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Chas	None	Parbati Charan Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Bahragora	None	Jhareswar Ghosh	Template:Full party name with color
Ghatshila	ST	Basta Soren	Template:Full party name with color
Potka	ST	Majhi Rasraj Tudu	Template:Full party name with color
Jamshedpur	None	Ramavatar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Jugsalai	None	Sunil Mukherjee	Template:Full party name with color
Seraikella	None	Nrupendra Narayan Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
Chaibasa	ST	Harish Chandra Deogam	Template:Full party name with color
Manjari	ST	Vivekanand Pareya	Template:Full party name with color
Majhgaon	ST	Sharan Balmuchu	Template:Full party name with color
Manoharpur	None	Shubhnath Deogam	Template:Full party name with color
Sonua	ST	Sanatan Samad	Template:Full party name with color
Chakradharpur	None	Sarangi Rudra	Template:Full party name with color
Chandil West	SC	Nathuniram Chamar	Template:Full party name with color
Chandil East	None	Prabhat Kumar Aditya Deb	Template:Full party name with color
Tamar	ST	Dhan Singh Munda	Template:Full party name with color
Sonahatu	SC	Somar Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Ranchi	None	Birendra Nath Ray	Template:Full party name with color
Silli	None	Jagesar Chowdhary	Template:Full party name with color
Ranchi Sadar	None	Ambika Nath Sahdeo	Template:Full party name with color
Khunti	ST	Phulchand Kachchap	Template:Full party name with color
Torpa	ST	Samuel Munda	Template:Full party name with color
Kolebira	ST	Sushil Bage	Template:Full party name with color
Simdega	ST	Simon Oraon	Template:Full party name with color
Chainpur	ST	Michael	Template:Full party name with color
Gumla	ST	Punai Oraon	Template:Full party name with color
Sisai	ST	Sitaram Bhagat	Template:Full party name with color
Lohardaga	ST	Sushil Bakhla	Template:Full party name with color
Bero	ST	Paul Dayal	Template:Full party name with color
Mandar	None	Zahoor Ali Mohammad	Template:Full party name with color
Latehar	ST	John Berchmans Munzani	Template:Full party name with color
Panki	None	Deo Lal Jagdhatri Nath Sah	Template:Full party name with color
Daltonganj	None	Sachidanand Tripathy	Template:Full party name with color
Garhwa	None	Gopi Nath Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bhawanathpur	None	Shanker Pratap Deo	Template:Full party name with color
Hussainabad	SC	Ramdeni Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Bishrampur	None	Krishna Murari Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Leslieganj	SC	Ram Krishna Ram	Template:Full party name with color

External links

• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962. Elections.in(2016). Retrieved July 9, 2016.

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