1962
1957Total Constituencies: 53
Bihar Lok Sabha Election 1962 covered all 53 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 43.89% and won 39 seats, while the SWA received 18.21% of the vote and won 7 seats. The PSP won 2 seats with 12.69% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Bihar.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 39 | 43.89% | 43.89% | 43,65,148 | |
| SWA | 43 | 7 | 18.21% | 22.53% | 18,11,170 |
| PSP | 32 | 2 | 12.69% | 20.28% | 12,62,106 |
| 16 | 1 | 6.38% | 20.30% | 6,34,516 | |
| SOC | 24 | 1 | 6.12% | 12.39% | 6,08,284 |
| IND | 21 | 0 | 4.96% | 12.41% | 4,93,330 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Bagaha | Kamal Nath Tewari | INC | 99,684 | Shattrumardan Shahi | SWA | 82,510 | 17,174 | 9.42 |
| Motihari (Sc) | Bibhuti Mishra | INC | 99,170 | Abdul Rahman | SWA | 40,178 | 58,992 | 33.49 |
| Bettiah (Sc) | Bhola Raut | INC | 79,043 | Shio Prasad | SWA | 37,253 | 41,790 | 29.49 |
| Gopalganj | Dwaika Nath Tiwari | INC | 96,753 | Siya Bihari Saran | PSP | 58,136 | 38,617 | 19.45 |
| Siwan | Md. Yusuf | INC | 78,030 | Nagendra Nath Pathak | JS | 42,301 | 35,729 | 18.62 |
| Chapra | Ramsekhar Prasad Singh | INC | 85,952 | Rajendra Singh | PSP | 64,748 | 21,204 | 9.58 |
| Maharajganj | Krishnakanta Singh | INC | 73,670 | Yamuna Prasad Singh | PSP | 60,143 | 13,527 | 8.22 |
| Kesaria | Bhishma Prasad Yadava | INC | 88,307 | Raghunandan Pd. Narain Sinha | SWA | 38,769 | 49,538 | 29.96 |
| Hajipur | Rajeshwar Patel | INC | 1,04,351 | Achhaibat Rai | SOC | 82,501 | 21,850 | 8.71 |
| Mahua (Sc) | Chandramani Lal Choudhary | INC | 85,825 | Satyadeo | PSP | 75,863 | 9,962 | 4.68 |
| Muzaffarpur | Digvijoy Narain Singh | INC | 92,393 | Kanti Kumar Sinha | PSP | 42,393 | 50,000 | 23.61 |
| Sitamarhi | Nagindra Pd. Yadab | INC | 90,910 | Yugal Kishore Singh | PSP | 57,395 | 33,515 | 14.06 |
| Pupri | Sashiranjan Prasad Sah | INC | 74,653 | Hari Kishore Singh | PSP | 55,881 | 18,772 | 8.43 |
| Jainagar | Yamuna Prasad Mandal | INC | 1,01,002 | Bhogendra Jha | CPI | 71,810 | 29,192 | 14.18 |
| Madhubani | Yogendra Jha | PSP | 67,832 | Anirudh Sinha | INC | 65,920 | 1,912 | 0.95 |
| Samastipur | Satya Naryan Sinha | INC | 82,522 | Rajendra Mahto | PSP | 60,972 | 21,550 | 10.83 |
| Darbhanga | Shree Narayan Das | INC | 1,06,979 | Harish Chandra Mishra | SWA | 46,642 | 60,337 | 31.21 |
| Rosera (Sc) | Rameshwar Sahu | INC | 1,22,921 | Kedar Paswan | SOC | 55,076 | 67,845 | 38.12 |
| Saharsa | Bhupendra Narayan Mandal | SOC | 97,038 | Lalit Narayan Mishra | INC | 81,905 | 15,133 | 7.68 |
| Sonbarsa (Sc) | Tulmohan Ram | INC | 92,622 | Rishideo Keshva | CPI | 34,399 | 58,223 | 31.24 |
| Kishanganj | Mohammad Tahir | INC | 64,522 | Bokai Mandal | SWA | 49,967 | 14,555 | 8.04 |
| Purnea | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | INC | 1,17,705 | Bisheshwar Narain Sharma | SWA | 47,914 | 69,791 | 32.61 |
| Katihar | Priya Gupta | PSP | 82,531 | Bhola Nath Biswas | INC | 64,994 | 17,537 | 9.65 |
| Rajmahal (Sc) | Iswar Marandi | JP | 74,666 | Paika Murmu | INC | 55,990 | 18,676 | 13.21 |
| Godda | Prabhudayal Himmatsingka | INC | 78,558 | Mohan Singh Oberoi | JP | 58,973 | 19,585 | 10.64 |
| Dumka (St) | Satya Chandra Besra | INC | 50,430 | Debi Soren | JP | 49,345 | 1,085 | 0.81 |
| Banka | Shakuntala Devi | INC | 87,359 | Kazi S.A. Matin | SWA | 49,965 | 37,394 | 23.58 |
| Bhagalpur | Bhagwat Jha Azad | INC | 1,00,657 | Chhabi Nath Singh | CPI | 39,528 | 61,129 | 30 |
| Monghyr | Banarsi Prasad Sinha | INC | 91,861 | Rameshar Yadav | PSP | 41,960 | 49,901 | 25.8 |
| Jamui (Sc) | Nayantara Das | INC | 1,01,440 | Rameshwar Prasad Verma | PSP | 55,644 | 45,796 | 22.36 |
| Khagaria | Jiyalal Mandal | INC | 1,18,385 | Bidaya Nand | SWA | 57,316 | 61,069 | 27.75 |
| Begusarai | Mathura Prasad Mishra | INC | 1,05,883 | Akhtar Hasmi | CPI | 51,163 | 54,720 | 26.3 |
| Nalanda | Sidheshwar Prasad | INC | 95,883 | Vijay Kumar Yadav | CPI | 58,969 | 36,914 | 16.75 |
| Barh | Tarkeshwari Sinha | INC | 1,03,802 | Nand Kishore Prasad Singh | SWA | 65,581 | 38,221 | 20.57 |
| Patna | Ramdulari Devi | INC | 1,01,687 | Ramavatar Shashtri | CPI | 76,605 | 25,082 | 11.07 |
| Shahabad | Bali Ram Bhagat | INC | 1,33,373 | Dipnarain Singh | SWA | 49,046 | 84,327 | 38.74 |
| Buxar | Anant Prasad Sharma | INC | 97,962 | Kamal Singh | IND | 92,446 | 5,516 | 2.42 |
| Bikramganj | Ram Subhag Singh | INC | 98,649 | Sheopujan Singh | PSP | 87,985 | 10,664 | 4.69 |
| Sasaram (Sc) | Jagjivan Ram | INC | 1,37,060 | Rameshwar Agnibhoj | SWA | 83,065 | 53,995 | 21.38 |
| Aurangabad | Lalita Rajya Laxmi | SWA | 64,552 | Ramesh Prasad Singh | INC | 54,791 | 9,761 | 5.92 |
| Jahanabad | Satyabhama Devi | INC | 73,893 | Chandra Shekhar Singh | CPI | 39,064 | 34,829 | 15.73 |
| Nawada (Sc) | Ramdhani Das | INC | 99,106 | Akloo Manjhi | JS | 27,712 | 71,394 | 36.98 |
| Gaya | Brajeshwar Prasad | INC | 69,933 | K. Brijkishore Pd. Singh | SWA | 51,135 | 18,798 | 11.69 |
| Chatra | Vijaya Raje | SWA | 88,066 | Tribhuwan Nath | INC | 52,762 | 35,304 | 25.06 |
| Giridih | Thakur Bateshwar Singh | SWA | 50,469 | Chapalendu Bhattacharya | INC | 47,011 | 3,458 | 2.78 |
| Dhanbad | P. R. Chakravarti | INC | 75,170 | Satchidanand Trigunait | SWA | 50,964 | 24,206 | 12.17 |
| Hazari Bagh | Basant Narain Singh | SWA | 81,029 | Mohammad Alimuddin Ansari | INC | 34,418 | 46,611 | 38.44 |
| Ranchi East | Prashanta Kumar Ghosh | SWA | 43,256 | Ibrahim Ansari | INC | 38,233 | 5,023 | 3.75 |
| Jamshedpur | Udaikar Mishra | CPI | 75,000 | N. C. Mukherjee | INC | 55,195 | 19,805 | 11.35 |
| Singhbhum (St) | Haricharan Soy | JP | 53,269 | Lakho Bodra | INC | 35,631 | 17,638 | 14.07 |
| Ranchi West (St) | Jaipal Singh | JP | 1,03,310 | Joseph Tigga | SWA | 52,432 | 50,878 | 25.89 |
| Lohardaga (St) | David Munzni | SWA | 58,174 | Kartick Oraon | INC | 41,804 | 16,370 | 12.42 |
| Palamau | Shashank Manjari | SWA | 82,170 | Gajendra Prasad Sinha | INC | 37,561 | 44,609 | 31.83 |