Constituency
32. Barharia
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-BARHARIA
INC 47.4%won by 20.6%PSP 26.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.7% to 20.6%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.2% of the vote between them, up from 69.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
21,547
Margin
4,444
20.62%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1QUAMRUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC10,21447.4%
- 2RAM RAJ SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,77026.8%
- 3SACHITANAND SINHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,07314.3%
- 4INDRASAN PRASADCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP2,49011.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −21.2%
- INC share
- 41.9% → 47.4%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 26.8%
- Turnout
- — → —