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44. Chapra

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-CHAPRA

INC 41.6%won by 22.1%SWA 19.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 22.1%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 19.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
40,840
Margin
9,025
22.10%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUNDRI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC16,99541.6%
  2. 2PRASIDH NARAIN SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA7,97019.5%
  3. 3RAGHOJEEJS · JS5,30813.0%
  4. 4ABDUL GAFFAR KHANIndependent · IND4,98712.2%
  5. 5JANAK YADAVAPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,74511.6%
  6. 6MANIK CHAND SINGHIndependent · IND8352.0%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−11.0%
INC share
33.1% → 41.6%
SWA share
0.0% → 19.5%
Turnout
— → —
43. Chapra Muffasil45. Garkha
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