Constituency
28. Manjhi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-MANJHI
INC 51.1%won by 24.2%IND 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.9% to 24.2%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.0% between them, down from 89.3% — the field split more ways.
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
27,843
Margin
6,735
24.19%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GIRISH TEWARIIndian National Congress · INC14,22551.1%
- 2RAGHUNANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND7,49026.9%
- 3PARMATMA SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,20311.5%
- 4JAGATBIR SINGHIndependent · IND1,8356.6%
- 5RAMSAGAR DUBEYIndependent · IND1,0903.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −25.4%
- INC share
- 52.6% → 51.1%
- IND share
- 3.1% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —