Constituency
20. Gopalganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-GOPALGANJ
INC 57.5%won by 15.0%PSP 42.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
22,501
Margin
3,379
15.02%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1KAMLA RAIIndian National Congress · INC12,94057.5%
- 2HARISHANKAR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,56142.5%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −45.5%
- INC share
- 60.5% → 57.5%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 42.5%
- Turnout
- — → —