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Constituency

151. Dumka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-DUMKA

JP 51.1%won by 9.3%INC 41.8%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
33,142
Margin
3,075
9.28%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
JHP
Winner now
JPflipped
JPINC swing
+25.7%
JP share
0.0% 51.1%
INC share
16.4% 41.8%
Turnout