Constituency
50. Baruraj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-BARURAJ
INC 55.8%won by 41.5%CNPSPJP 14.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 62.0% to 41.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) finished second with 14.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.0% between them, down from 93.0% — 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
24,432
Margin
10,134
41.48%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1RAM CHANDRA PD. SHAHIIndian National Congress · INC13,62355.8%
- 2GAYA PRASAD SINHACNPSPJP · CNPSPJP3,48914.3%
- 3RADHA KRISHAN AMBASTAIndependent · IND2,93412.0%
- 4BIJOY KISHORE SAHIIndependent · IND2,2739.3%
- 5GOBIND PRASAD NARAIN SINHAIndependent · IND1,1264.6%
- 6KUSHUMAKAR SHAHIIndependent · IND9874.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CNPSPJP swing
- −36.0%
- INC share
- 77.5% → 55.8%
- CNPSPJP share
- 0.0% → 14.3%
- Turnout
- — → —