Election
Constituency

77. Jale

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-JALE

INC 48.0%won by 17.3%SWA 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 17.1% to 17.3%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
29,507
Margin
5,110
17.32%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1EK NARAYAN CHOUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC14,15748.0%
  2. 2ABHAYA CHANDRA MISHRASwatantra Party · SWA9,04730.7%
  3. 3AZIZUR RAHMANPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,77312.8%
  4. 4ABDUS SALAMCommunist Party of India · CPI2,5308.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−28.7%
INC share
46.0% → 48.0%
SWA share
0.0% → 30.7%
Turnout
— → —
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