Constituency
75. Laukaha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-LAUKAHA
INC 37.0%won by 9.2%PSP 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.7% to 9.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.7% between them, down from 79.2% — 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
18,679
Margin
1,716
9.19%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAMDULARI SHASTRIIndian National Congress · INC6,90337.0%
- 2DEONARAIN GURMAITAPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,18727.8%
- 3PRAYAG YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI3,72419.9%
- 4RAMBAHADUR SAHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP2,07511.1%
- 5JAIBANSH LAL MANDALIndependent · IND7904.2%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −42.3%
- INC share
- 51.5% → 37.0%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- — → —