Constituency
23. Mirganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-MIRGANJ
INC 42.7%won by 0.3%PSP 42.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.6% to 0.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 42.4% — it did not contest here in 1951.
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
28,238
Margin
85
0.30%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1JANARDAN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC12,04442.7%
- 2PRABHUNATH TEWARIPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,95942.4%
- 3MOHAMMAD RAZI MIANCommunist Party of India · CPI1,4325.1%
- 4BIRENDRA PD. AZADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4125.0%
- 5KESHAV PANDEYCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP1,3914.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −48.7%
- INC share
- 49.0% → 42.7%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 42.4%
- Turnout
- — → —