Constituency
74. Jhanjharpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-JHANJHARPUR
INC 46.3%won by 7.2%PSP 39.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.2% to 7.2%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.5% of the vote between them, up from 51.8% — 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
27,422
Margin
1,967
7.17%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DEOCHANDRA JHAIndian National Congress · INC12,71046.3%
- 2RAMCHANDRA MISHRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,74339.2%
- 3JATADHAR MISHRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,96914.5%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −29.3%
- INC share
- 36.5% → 46.3%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 39.2%
- Turnout
- — → —