Constituency
84. Darbhanga South
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-DARBHANGA-SOUTH
INC 28.9%won by 1.9%INC 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.5% to 1.9%.
- Multi-cornered6 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
1,09,588
Margin
2,085
1.90%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1JANKI RAMAN PD. MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC31,69928.9%
- 2BABUYELAL MAHTO (SC)Indian National Congress · INC29,61427.0%
- 3JANKI NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND16,46415.0%
- 4SUNDER PASWAN (SC)Communist Party of India · CPI12,02411.0%
- 5GANGA PD. SINGHIndependent · IND11,97110.9%
- 6JAI LAL PASWAN (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP7,8167.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 27.3% → 28.9%
- INC share
- 27.3% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —