Constituency
262. Giridih
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-GIRIDIH
INC 37.1%won by 15.8%CPI 21.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.3% to 37.1% of the vote here (+17.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 58.3% of the vote between them, up from 51.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
30,025
Margin
4,757
15.84%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1RAGHUNANDAN RAMIndian National Congress · INC11,13637.1%
- 2CHATURANAN MISHRACommunist Party of India · CPI6,37921.2%
- 3IFTAKHAN JAN KHWAJASwatantra Party · SWA5,68718.9%
- 4GOPAL VEERA RAGHAVANPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,8309.4%
- 5BABA SWAROOP DASIndependent · IND1,1994.0%
- 6BHUBNESHWAR PRASAD BARNWALJS · JS1,0513.5%
- 7CHUNDKA MURMUJanahitha Paksha · JP7102.4%
- 8SHIV SHANKAR PANDEYIndependent · IND5361.8%
- 9RAM CHARAN RAMIndependent · IND3081.0%
- 10KRISHNA BALLABH SAHAYIndependent · IND1890.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CNPSPJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +4.0%
- INC share
- 19.3% → 37.1%
- CPI share
- 7.5% → 21.2%
- Turnout
- — → —