Constituency
53. Muzaffarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-MUZAFFARPUR
PSP 53.9%won by 7.7%INC 46.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 7.7%.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 0.0% to 53.9% of the vote here (+53.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 50.5% — 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
36,206
Margin
2,804
7.74%
Candidates
2 contested · winner PSP- 1MAHAMAYA PD. SINHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP19,50553.9%
- 2MAHESH PD. SINHAIndian National Congress · INC16,70146.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +34.0%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 53.9%
- INC share
- 26.2% → 46.1%
- Turnout
- — → —