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Constituency

24. Siwan

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-SIWAN

INC 49.2%won by 24.6%BJS 24.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.8% to 24.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.7% of the vote between them, up from 49.5% — 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
22,242
Margin
5,469
24.59%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−2.1%
INC share
30.6% 49.2%
BJS share
4.0% 24.6%
Turnout