Constituency
29. Maharajganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-MAHARAJGANJ
INC 42.8%won by 16.0%CNPSPJP 26.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: KMPP (KMPP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.6% to 42.8% of the vote here (+6.2%).
- New challengerCNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.6% between them, down from 94.9% — 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
23,926
Margin
3,837
16.04%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1ANUSUYAIndian National Congress · INC10,24542.8%
- 2UMASHANKAR PRASADCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP6,40826.8%
- 3JANAKDEO PD. SINHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,79311.7%
- 4KALYAN CHANDRA DEOIndependent · IND2,1168.8%
- 5RAGHUNATH PANDEYIndependent · IND1,6376.8%
- 6DHANANJOY PD. SINHAIndependent · IND7273.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- KMPP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CNPSPJP swing
- −20.6%
- INC share
- 36.6% → 42.8%
- CNPSPJP share
- 0.0% → 26.8%
- Turnout
- — → —