Constituency
139. Barhait
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-BARHAIT
JP 62.5%won by 33.6%INC 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Janahitha Paksha (JP), which now leads by 33.6%.
- JP vote shareJP went from 0.0% to 62.5% of the vote here (+62.5%).
- Safe seatJanahitha Paksha won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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
19,650
Margin
6,605
33.61%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JP- 1BABULAL TUDUJanahitha Paksha · JP12,28462.5%
- 2STEPHEN HARI TUDUIndian National Congress · INC5,67928.9%
- 3SURENDRA SURJA PAHARIAIndependent · IND1,2186.2%
- 4BENJAMIN HANSDAIndependent · IND4692.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- JPflipped
- JP–INC swing
- +56.2%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 62.5%
- INC share
- 22.6% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —