Constituency
313. Daltonganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-DALTONGANJ
SWA 37.1%won by 8.4%INC 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 8.4%.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 37.1% of the vote here (+37.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Jai Hind Party (JHP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.8% of the vote between them, up from 60.2% — 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
26,808
Margin
2,243
8.37%
Candidates
6 contested · winner SWA- 1SACHIDANAND TRIPATHYSwatantra Party · SWA9,93937.1%
- 2UMESHWARI CHARANIndian National Congress · INC7,69628.7%
- 3RAJESHWAR PRASAD AGRAWALJanahitha Paksha · JP4,61317.2%
- 4PURAN CHANDSOC · SOC2,3028.6%
- 5SATYA PAL VERMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,9027.1%
- 6CHANDRIKA PRASAD VERMARashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP3561.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +33.6%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 37.1%
- INC share
- 25.3% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —