Constituency
288. Chaibasa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-CHAIBASA
JP 62.6%won by 37.4%INC 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Janahitha Paksha (JP), which now leads by 37.4%.
- JP vote shareJP went from 0.0% to 62.6% of the vote here (+62.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.8% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — 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
21,606
Margin
8,090
37.44%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JP- 1HARISH CHANDRA DEOGAMJanahitha Paksha · JP13,53462.6%
- 2SIDIU HEMBROMIndian National Congress · INC5,44425.2%
- 3RAUTU RAI BODRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,62812.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- JPflipped
- JP–INC swing
- +37.4%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 62.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- — → —