Constituency
76. Phulparas
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-PHULPARAS
INC 47.0%won by 23.3%PSP 23.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.6% to 23.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 23.7% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
30,891
Margin
7,200
23.31%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RASHIK LAL YADAVIndian National Congress · INC14,51647.0%
- 2YOGENDRA JHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,31623.7%
- 3DHANIK LAL MANDALIndependent · IND5,82218.8%
- 4NASIB LAL SAHUCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP2,6518.6%
- 5JAGNARAIN JHAIndependent · IND5861.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −36.5%
- INC share
- 59.8% → 47.0%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 23.7%
- Turnout
- — → —