Election
Constituency

261. Jamua

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-JAMUA

SWA 52.5%won by 20.8%INC 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 20.8%.

  • SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 52.5% of the vote here (+52.5%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.3% between them, down from 89.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
18,441
Margin
3,827
20.75%

Candidates

9 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1INDRA NARAIN SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA9,68752.5%
  2. 2ARJUN PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC5,86031.8%
  3. 3KHIRODHAR RAMIndependent · IND5653.1%
  4. 4SARJU PANDEYIndependent · IND5533.0%
  5. 5NANDAN PRASAD MISHRAJS · JS5432.9%
  6. 6JHAGRU SAHUIndependent · IND5182.8%
  7. 7RAGHUNANDAN JHACommunist Party of India · CPI2781.5%
  8. 8GANGA RAM ARYASOC · SOC2281.2%
  9. 9KRISHNA BALLABH SAHAYIndependent · IND2091.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CNPSPJP
Winner now
SWAflipped
SWA–INC swing
+53.3%
SWA share
0.0% → 52.5%
INC share
32.6% → 31.8%
Turnout
— → —
260. Gawan262. Giridih
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