Constituency
43. Raghopur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-RAGHOPUR
INC 51.5%won by 28.5%IND 22.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 28.5%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
28,937
Margin
8,259
28.54%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1HARIBANS NARAYAN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC14,89951.5%
- 2HARDEO PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND6,64022.9%
- 3KRISHNADEO NARAYAN ROYPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,08714.1%
- 4GAWRI SHANAKR SINHACNPSPJP · CNPSPJP3,31111.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +11.4%
- INC share
- 39.5% → 51.5%
- IND share
- 22.3% → 22.9%
- Turnout
- — → —