Constituency
81. Jainagar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-JAINAGAR
INC 53.6%won by 24.5%CPI 29.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 24.5%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.8% of the vote between them, up from 49.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
29,637
Margin
7,266
24.52%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAMKRISHNA MAHTOIndian National Congress · INC15,89953.6%
- 2SARYUG PASWANCommunist Party of India · CPI8,63329.1%
- 3KHOBHARI PASWANIndependent · IND2,8009.4%
- 4MANGLA PASWANPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,3057.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +15.6%
- INC share
- 26.4% → 53.6%
- CPI share
- 17.5% → 29.1%
- Turnout
- — → —