Constituency
30. Basantpur West
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-BASANTPUR-WEST
INC 48.5%won by 23.3%IND 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.6% to 23.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from KMPP (KMPP) to Independent (IND).
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
21,139
Margin
4,928
23.31%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1KRISHNA KANT SINGHIndian National Congress · INC10,25148.5%
- 2GANESH PD, SINHAIndependent · IND5,32325.2%
- 3RAMJI SINHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,30720.4%
- 4RAM NAGINA SHARMAIndependent · IND1,2586.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −23.0%
- INC share
- 52.1% → 48.5%
- IND share
- 5.7% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- — → —