Election
Constituency

277. Dhanbad

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-DHANBAD

INC 50.3%won by 39.5%SWA 10.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.0% to 39.5%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 10.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.1% between them, down from 74.2% — 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
33,196
Margin
13,113
39.50%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHEORAJ PRASADIndian National Congress · INC16,70450.3%
  2. 2ABDUL KHALIQUE ANSARISwatantra Party · SWA3,59110.8%
  3. 3KANAI LAL PALCommunist Party of India · CPI2,9538.9%
  4. 4GAUTAM KUMARJS · JS2,6808.1%
  5. 5HIT NARAYAN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,4657.4%
  6. 6HUKAMCHAND BHUTANIIndependent · IND2,3737.1%
  7. 7ANIRUDH JHAIndependent · IND5741.7%
  8. 8DAHU SAHIndependent · IND4901.5%
  9. 9BASANT SAHSOC · SOC4361.3%
  10. 10BALESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND3411.0%
  11. 11SUKHLAL NONIAIndependent · IND2780.8%
  12. 12SAGARMAL SHARMAJanahitha Paksha · JP1760.5%
  13. 13SHYAM SUNDER AGARWALIndependent · IND1350.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−9.6%
INC share
49.1% → 50.3%
SWA share
0.0% → 10.8%
Turnout
— → —
276. Kenduadih278. Tundi
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