Constituency
61. Chapra
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-CHAPRA
INC 38.8%won by 9.6%PSP 29.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 43.9% to 38.8% of the vote here (−5.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.1% between them, down from 89.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.5% to 48.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,59,344
Turnout
48.2%
Valid votes
2,21,420
Margin
21,204
9.58%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1RAMSEKHAR PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC85,95238.8%
- 2RAJENDRA SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP64,74829.2%
- 3HARMANDAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND34,63715.6%
- 4BHIKARI NATHIndependent · IND22,46010.1%
- 5RAMSUBHAG SINGHSOC · SOC8,5933.9%
- 6RATNA DEVIRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP5,0302.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- +11.3%
- INC share
- 43.9% → 38.8%
- PSP share
- 45.7% → 29.2%
- Turnout
- 42.7% → 48.2%