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100. Giridih

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-GIRIDIH

SWA 40.6%won by 2.8%INC 37.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: CNSPJP (CNSPJP) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 2.8%.

  • SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 40.6% of the vote here (+40.6%).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.3% to 33.2%.

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

Electorate
3,74,463
Turnout
33.2%
Valid votes
1,24,309
Margin
3,458
2.78%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1THAKUR BATESHWAR SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA50,46940.6%
  2. 2CHAPALENDU BHATTACHARYAIndian National Congress · INC47,01137.8%
  3. 3ALIJAN MIANCommunist Party of India · CPI13,37810.8%
  4. 4REWAT MAHTOPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,0315.7%
  5. 5BRAJ MOHAN PRASADIndependent · IND6,4205.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CNSPJP
Winner now
SWAflipped
SWA–INC swing
+33.7%
SWA share
0.0% → 40.6%
INC share
30.9% → 37.8%
Turnout
38.5% → 33.2%
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