Constituency
151. Dumka
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-DUMKA
JP 51.1%won by 9.3%INC 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Janahitha Paksha (JP), which now leads by 9.3%.
- JP vote shareJP went from 0.0% to 51.1% of the vote here (+51.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Jai Hind Party (JHP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.9% of the vote between them, up from 51.0% — 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
33,142
Margin
3,075
9.28%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JP- 1PAUL MURMUJanahitha Paksha · JP16,92751.1%
- 2LAL HEMBROMIndian National Congress · INC13,85241.8%
- 3CYRIL THOMAS BESRAIndependent · IND1,3634.1%
- 4KANHU KISKUIndependent · IND1,0003.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- JPflipped
- JP–INC swing
- +25.7%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 51.1%
- INC share
- 16.4% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- — → —