Constituency
8. Raxaul
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-RAXAUL
INC 53.4%won by 21.3%PSP 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.1% to 21.3%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 32.1% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.6% between them, down from 94.1% — the field split more ways.
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
22,944
Margin
4,882
21.28%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1RAHDA PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC12,25753.4%
- 2BINDHYACHAL SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,37532.1%
- 3BHOLA PANDEYCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP3,31214.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −32.9%
- INC share
- 54.1% → 53.4%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —