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 Total Seats 318 SC Seats 40 ST Seats 32 Total electors 22,115,041 Votes Polled 9,833,810 Percentage 44.47% Valid Votes 4,810,164 Total Candidates 1,529 Male Candidates 1,483 Female Candidates 46 Polling Stations 24,215
Results
List of successful candidates Constituency Reservation Candidate Party 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
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