This is a list of the results of the 1962 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, a state in

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, including a list of successful candidates. After the elections, the

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emerged as the largest party, and Pandit Binodanand Jha was sworn in as the

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of Bihar.

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was designated as his second-in-command with the educational portfolio.

General statistics

Results

List of successful candidates

References

External links

* {{Bihar elections

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...