Constituency
2. Bagaha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-BAGAHA
INC 22.2%won by 2.6%INC 19.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.7% to 2.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Multi-cornered7 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
68,357
Margin
1,811
2.65%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1NARSINGH BAITHA (SC)Indian National Congress · INC15,18822.2%
- 2KEDAR PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC13,37719.6%
- 3NARAIN RAJA SAHEBCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP9,27313.6%
- 4GIRIJA SHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND7,96611.7%
- 5JOKHU SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,60711.1%
- 6BHOLA RAUT MESTAR (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP7,17110.5%
- 7SHEO PRASAD (SC)CNPSPJP · CNPSPJP6,4839.5%
- 8TULA CHAMAR (SC)Independent · IND1,2921.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 25.5% → 22.2%
- INC share
- 25.5% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- — → —