Elections Archive

ST · Bihar 1947 1999

Singhbhum

Haricharan Soy (JP) won by 17,638 votes (14.1%).

Electors
4,13,797
Votes polled
1,34,415
Valid votes
1,25,343
Turnout
32.5%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 14.1% (median 12.2%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1962 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
17.5%(+15.3%)
Turnout
57.0%(-5.1%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
80.6%

Winning margin over time · Singhbhum

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199959%

Candidates

Candidates · Singhbhum 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Haricharan SoyWinnerJP53,26942.5%
2Lakho BodraINC35,63128.4%
3Sinku Binu SinghIND21,50517.2%
4Lanka BariPSP8,7777.0%
5Shibnath ChatarSOC6,1614.9%

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