Constituency
78. Biraul
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-BIRAUL
INC 48.8%won by 5.9%IND 42.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.3% to 5.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.6% of the vote between them, up from 60.6% — 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
26,457
Margin
1,574
5.95%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1JAINARAIN JHA VINEETIndian National Congress · INC12,90348.8%
- 2CHANDRASEKHAR JHAIndependent · IND11,32942.8%
- 3RAMCHANDRA MISHRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,2258.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −15.2%
- INC share
- 40.4% → 48.8%
- IND share
- 19.3% → 42.8%
- Turnout
- — → —