Election
Constituency

13. Patabi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-PATABI

INC 44.0%won by 18.4%IND 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.9% to 18.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.5% between them, down from 80.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
25,585
Margin
4,709
18.41%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−16.4%
INC share
54.2% 44.0%
IND share
19.4% 25.6%
Turnout