Constituency
65. Pupri North
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-PUPRI-NORTH
INC 44.8%won by 3.4%PSP 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.8% to 3.4%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 41.4% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.2% of the vote between them, up from 68.9% — 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
35,082
Margin
1,186
3.38%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SUDAMA CHOUDHRYIndian National Congress · INC15,71144.8%
- 2HARNANDAN RAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP14,52541.4%
- 3AINUL HAQUEIndependent · IND4,84613.8%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −43.0%
- INC share
- 46.4% → 44.8%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- — → —