Constituency
181. Chautham
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-CHAUTHAM
INC 52.1%won by 15.5%SOC 36.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.9% to 15.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
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
35,903
Margin
5,551
15.46%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1GHANSHYAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,68952.1%
- 2JAGDAMBI PRASAD SHARMASOC · SOC13,13836.6%
- 3SURENDRA NARAYAN SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA4,07611.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOC swing
- −48.6%
- INC share
- 64.0% → 52.1%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 36.6%
- Turnout
- — → —