Constituency
154. Godda
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-GODDA
INC 34.6%won by 13.8%JP 20.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 20.3% to 34.6% of the vote here (+14.3%).
- New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 20.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 55.4% of the vote between them, up from 44.7% — 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
27,402
Margin
3,774
13.77%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DEEP NARAIN CHAUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC9,48434.6%
- 2MANILAL YADAVJanahitha Paksha · JP5,71020.8%
- 3JUGAL KISHORE CHAUBEYSwatantra Party · SWA4,04714.8%
- 4JAIKANT DUBEYIndependent · IND2,90510.6%
- 5MAHENDRA MAHTOPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,2258.1%
- 6BAIDYANATH DUTTCommunist Party of India · CPI2,2218.1%
- 7KHELA KISKUIndependent · IND8103.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JP swing
- −6.5%
- INC share
- 20.3% → 34.6%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 20.8%
- Turnout
- — → —