Election
Constituency

262. Giridih

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-GIRIDIH

INC 37.1%won by 15.8%CPI 21.2%

What changed here

Derived

The 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.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
30,025
Margin
4,757
15.84%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CNPSPJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
+4.0%
INC share
19.3% 37.1%
CPI share
7.5% 21.2%
Turnout