Constituency
281. Chas
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-CHAS
SWA 36.1%won by 15.3%IND 20.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 15.3%.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 36.1% of the vote here (+36.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 57.0% of the vote between them, up from 48.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
32,395
Margin
4,947
15.27%
Candidates
8 contested · winner SWA- 1PARBATI CHARAN MAHTOSwatantra Party · SWA11,70336.1%
- 2JAGBANDHU BHATTACHARYAIndependent · IND6,75620.9%
- 3QUTUBUDDIN ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC4,78714.8%
- 4SHEO PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND3,51710.9%
- 5MUKUTDHARI MAHTOIndependent · IND2,7668.5%
- 6SHAMBHUNATH OJHAIndependent · IND1,7715.5%
- 7GAURI BALA DASISOC · SOC8852.7%
- 8SHAMBHUNATH SHARMAJanahitha Paksha · JP2100.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–IND swing
- +37.8%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 36.1%
- IND share
- 22.6% → 20.9%
- Turnout
- — → —