Election
Constituency

306. Gumla

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-GUMLA

JP 40.8%won by 13.7%SWA 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Janahitha Paksha (JP), which now leads by 13.7%.

  • JP vote shareJP went from 0.0% to 40.8% of the vote here (+40.8%).
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 85.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
30,758
Margin
4,227
13.74%

Candidates

6 contested · winner JP
  1. 1PUNAI ORAONJanahitha Paksha · JP12,55540.8%
  2. 2JUNATHAN SURINSwatantra Party · SWA8,32827.1%
  3. 3DAMRI BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC5,65118.4%
  4. 4LUISIndependent · IND1,4784.8%
  5. 5STANISLAS SOIndependent · IND1,4664.8%
  6. 6KIRPA PAHANIndependent · IND1,2804.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
JHP
Winner now
JPflipped
JP–SWA swing
+13.7%
JP share
0.0% → 40.8%
SWA share
0.0% → 27.1%
Turnout
— → —
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