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Constituency

311. Latehar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-LATEHAR

SWA 51.4%won by 34.5%JP 16.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 34.5%.

  • SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 51.4% of the vote here (+51.4%).
  • New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 16.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.3% of the vote between them, up from 39.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
14,302
Margin
4,933
34.49%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1JOHN BERCHMANS MUNZANISwatantra Party · SWA7,35351.4%
  2. 2JHAMAN SINGHJanahitha Paksha · JP2,42016.9%
  3. 3BHAGIRATHI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,72112.0%
  4. 4ANTHONY EKKAIndependent · IND1,0067.0%
  5. 5CHHATHU SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9076.3%
  6. 6PRADUMAN NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND8956.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CNPSPJP
Winner now
SWAflipped
SWA–JP swing
+34.5%
SWA share
0.0% → 51.4%
JP share
0.0% → 16.9%
Turnout
— → —
310. Mandar312. Panki
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