Election
Constituency

267. Kodarma

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-KODARMA

INC 42.9%won by 14.7%SWA 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 34.3% to 42.9% of the vote here (+8.7%).
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.1% between them, down from 82.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
26,558
Margin
3,908
14.71%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CNPSPJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSWA swing
−19.5%
INC share
34.3% 42.9%
SWA share
0.0% 28.2%
Turnout