Election
Constituency

37. Baniapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BANIAPUR

INC 51.2%won by 23.5%IND 27.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.0% to 23.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.8% between them, down from 88.3% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
26,712
Margin
6,283
23.52%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1UMA PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC13,66651.2%
  2. 2SUKHDEO PRASADIndependent · IND7,38327.6%
  3. 3MURARI OJHAIndependent · IND5,66321.2%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+3.5%
INC share
54.1% 51.2%
IND share
34.2% 27.6%
Turnout