Election
Constituency

20. Gopalganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-GOPALGANJ

INC 57.5%won by 15.0%PSP 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.7% to 15.0%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 42.5% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
22,501
Margin
3,379
15.02%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KAMLA RAIIndian National Congress · INC12,94057.5%
  2. 2HARISHANKAR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,56142.5%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−45.5%
INC share
60.5% 57.5%
PSP share
0.0% 42.5%
Turnout