Constituency
293. Chakradharpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-CHAKRADHARPUR
IND 45.0%won by 21.5%JP 23.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 21.5%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 11.7% to 45.0% of the vote here (+33.4%).
- New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 23.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.6% of the vote between them, up from 49.6% — 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
25,170
Margin
5,411
21.50%
Candidates
6 contested · winner IND- 1SARANGI RUDRAIndependent · IND11,33445.0%
- 2SHYAMAL KUMAR PASARIJanahitha Paksha · JP5,92323.5%
- 3R. N. RAOIndian National Congress · INC5,40321.5%
- 4MANGAL PRASADSOC · SOC1,4965.9%
- 5CHINIBAS TANTYIndependent · IND5232.1%
- 6ARMAN KHANPraja Socialist Party · PSP4912.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JP swing
- +9.8%
- IND share
- 11.7% → 45.0%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 23.5%
- Turnout
- — → —