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Constituency

99. Chatra

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-CHATRA

SWA 62.5%won by 25.1%INC 37.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: CNSPJP (CNSPJP) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 25.1%.

  • SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 62.5% of the vote here (+62.5%).
  • Safe seatSwatantra Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
3,79,753
Turnout
37.1%
Valid votes
1,40,828
Margin
35,304
25.07%

Candidates

2 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1VIJAYA RAJESwatantra Party · SWA88,06662.5%
  2. 2TRIBHUWAN NATHIndian National Congress · INC52,76237.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CNSPJP
Winner now
SWAflipped
SWAINC swing
+59.1%
SWA share
0.0% 62.5%
INC share
34.0% 37.5%
Turnout
37.4% 37.1%