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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haricharan SoyWinner | JP | 53,269 | 42.5% |
| 2 | Lakho Bodra | INC | 35,631 | 28.4% |
| 3 | Sinku Binu Singh | IND | 21,505 | 17.2% |
| 4 | Lanka Bari | PSP | 8,777 | 7.0% |
| 5 | Shibnath Chatar | SOC | 6,161 | 4.9% |
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