Constituency
305. Chainpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-CHAINPUR
SWA 46.4%won by 19.8%JP 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 19.8%.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 46.4% of the vote here (+46.4%).
- New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.0% between them, down from 87.0% — the field split more ways.
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
33,528
Margin
6,629
19.77%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SWA- 1MICHAELSwatantra Party · SWA15,55146.4%
- 2JOHAN KUJURJanahitha Paksha · JP8,92226.6%
- 3BUDRAM BHAGATIndependent · IND5,21815.6%
- 4FABIANUS KHALKHOIndian National Congress · INC3,39210.1%
- 5MICTOR PETER MUNJNIIndependent · IND4451.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–JP swing
- +19.8%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 46.4%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- — → —