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Constituency

85. Jhanjharpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-JHANJHARPUR

INC 44.5%won by 16.5%PSP 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.2% to 16.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.5% between them, down from 85.5% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
30,836
Margin
5,073
16.45%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
+9.3%
INC share
46.3% 44.5%
PSP share
39.2% 28.0%
Turnout