Constituency
106. Ranchi West
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-RANCHI-WEST
JP 52.6%won by 25.9%SWA 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Janahitha Paksha (JP), which now leads by 25.9%.
- JP vote shareJP went from 0.0% to 52.6% of the vote here (+52.6%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 85.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.0% to 46.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,21,139
Turnout
46.7%
Valid votes
1,96,570
Margin
50,878
25.88%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JP- 1JAIPAL SINGHJanahitha Paksha · JP1,03,31052.6%
- 2JOSEPH TIGGASwatantra Party · SWA52,43226.7%
- 3LAL SINGH MUNRIIndian National Congress · INC40,82820.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- JPflipped
- JP–SWA swing
- +25.9%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 52.6%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- 59.7% → 46.7%