Constituency
57. Minapur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-MINAPUR
INC 53.3%won by 18.1%PSP 35.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 18.1%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.5% of the vote between them, up from 54.6% — 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
27,129
Margin
4,911
18.10%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1JANAK SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,45453.3%
- 2GANESH PD. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,54335.2%
- 3KHELAWAN RAIIndependent · IND3,13211.5%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −11.2%
- INC share
- 29.3% → 53.3%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- — → —