Election
Constituency

21. Kuchaikot

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-KUCHAIKOT

INC 60.1%won by 20.2%CNPSPJP 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
18,593
Margin
3,765
20.25%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VACHASPATI SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC11,17960.1%
  2. 2SITARAM PRASADCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP7,41439.9%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCNPSPJP swing
−30.5%
INC share
50.8% 60.1%
CNPSPJP share
0.0% 39.9%
Turnout