Constituency
21. Kuchaikot
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-KUCHAIKOT
INC 60.1%won by 20.2%CNPSPJP 39.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.3% to 20.2%.
- New challengerCNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) finished second with 39.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 70.2% — 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
18,593
Margin
3,765
20.25%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1VACHASPATI SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC11,17960.1%
- 2SITARAM PRASADCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP7,41439.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CNPSPJP swing
- −30.5%
- INC share
- 50.8% → 60.1%
- CNPSPJP share
- 0.0% → 39.9%
- Turnout
- — → —