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Constituency

7. Chanpatia

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-CHANPATIA

INC 61.1%won by 35.9%IND 25.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 67.6% to 35.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
25,040
Margin
8,981
35.87%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−47.9%
INC share
83.8% 61.1%
IND share
0.0% 25.2%
Turnout