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Constituency

75. Laukaha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-LAUKAHA

INC 37.0%won by 9.2%PSP 27.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
18,679
Margin
1,716
9.19%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−42.3%
INC share
51.5% 37.0%
PSP share
0.0% 27.8%
Turnout