Constituency
298. Ranchi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-RANCHI
INC 47.6%won by 21.0%JP 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.5% to 47.6% of the vote here (+28.1%).
- New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.1% of the vote between them, up from 39.5% — 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
28,925
Margin
6,088
21.05%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1BIRENDRA NATH RAYIndian National Congress · INC13,76147.6%
- 2BISHNU DUTTA SAHUJanahitha Paksha · JP7,67326.5%
- 3KULDIP SAHAYJS · JS2,0957.2%
- 4SAMRUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2,0267.0%
- 5ABDUL RAUF ANSARISwatantra Party · SWA1,7676.1%
- 6IGNES KUJURIndependent · IND7642.6%
- 7BAIJNATH RAM ORAONIndependent · IND2420.8%
- 8MOHIUDDIN AHMEDIndependent · IND2110.7%
- 9HARIDAS SINGH DEOIndependent · IND1670.6%
- 10MAHENDRA PRASAD PANDEYIndependent · IND1200.4%
- 11JANAK KISHORE PRASADIndependent · IND990.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JP swing
- +1.6%
- INC share
- 19.5% → 47.6%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- — → —