Constituency
222. Chainpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-CHAINPUR
INC 43.6%won by 3.3%SWA 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.7% to 43.6% of the vote here (+6.8%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 40.2% — 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
35,800
Margin
1,184
3.31%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAM KRISHAN RAMIndian National Congress · INC15,59343.6%
- 2DULAR CHAND RAMSwatantra Party · SWA14,40940.2%
- 3RAM KESHI PRASADIndependent · IND2,6607.4%
- 4BHAGWAT DUSADHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,4366.8%
- 5RAMRATAN DUSADHJanahitha Paksha · JP7022.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −33.4%
- INC share
- 36.7% → 43.6%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- — → —