EElectionLens
Constituency

291. Manoharpur

Community mirror

Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-MANOHARPUR

JP 42.0%won by 11.4%IND 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Janahitha Paksha (JP), which now leads by 11.4%.

  • JP vote shareJP went from 0.0% to 42.0% of the vote here (+42.0%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
18,307
Margin
2,078
11.35%

Candidates

5 contested · winner JP
  1. 1SHUBHNATH DEOGAMJanahitha Paksha · JP7,68042.0%
  2. 2MUKUND RAM TANTIIndependent · IND5,60230.6%
  3. 3KAMAL KISHNA MAHTOIndian National Congress · INC3,56219.5%
  4. 4SADHU CHARAN GOPEPraja Socialist Party · PSP8814.8%
  5. 5LAKSHMAN RAM KHILARIndependent · IND5823.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
JHP
Winner now
JPflipped
JP–IND swing
+36.9%
JP share
0.0% → 42.0%
IND share
25.6% → 30.6%
Turnout
— → —
290. Majhgaon292. Sonua
Back to the BR Assembly 1962 explorer