Constituency
284. Potka
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-POTKA
INC 33.7%won by 0.9%JP 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 26.4% to 33.7% of the vote here (+7.3%).
- New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
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
15,402
Margin
141
0.92%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MAJHI RASRAJ TUDUIndian National Congress · INC5,18633.7%
- 2KANURAM HANSDAJanahitha Paksha · JP5,04532.8%
- 3SANATAN SARDARIndependent · IND2,69917.5%
- 4JAUNI LYANGIIndependent · IND9586.2%
- 5PANCHANAN MAJHIIndependent · IND8805.7%
- 6SUPAI SORENIndependent · IND6344.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JP swing
- −25.5%
- INC share
- 26.4% → 33.7%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- — → —