Constituency
85. Jhanjharpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-JHANJHARPUR
INC 44.5%won by 16.5%PSP 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
30,836
Margin
5,073
16.45%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1HARISHCHANDRA JHAIndian National Congress · INC13,70944.5%
- 2RAMPHAL CHAUDHARYPraja Socialist Party · PSP8,63628.0%
- 3RAJENDRA JHAJS · JS4,09613.3%
- 4POSH NATH SINGH THAKURIndependent · IND2,3007.5%
- 5PRABHU DAYAL PRASADSOC · SOC1,0593.4%
- 6MAHADEO MISHRASwatantra Party · SWA1,0363.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +9.3%
- INC share
- 46.3% → 44.5%
- PSP share
- 39.2% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —