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285. Jamshedpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-JAMSHEDPUR

CPI 53.1%won by 26.0%INC 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 26.0%.

  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
48,448
Margin
12,610
26.03%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RAMAVATAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI25,74853.1%
  2. 2MADHU JYOTSNA AKHOURIIndian National Congress · INC13,13827.1%
  3. 3NIRANJAN SINGHJanahitha Paksha · JP3,1346.5%
  4. 4SANKAR DAYAL SINGHIndependent · IND2,4715.1%
  5. 5M. R. CHAURASIAPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,0974.3%
  6. 6GURUDASS SINGH GILLSwatantra Party · SWA1,0142.1%
  7. 7DAYAMOTI GOPEIndependent · IND8461.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
+20.3%
CPI share
41.6% → 53.1%
INC share
35.8% → 27.1%
Turnout
— → —
284. Potka286. Jugsalai
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