Constituency
88. Mohiuddin Nagar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-MOHIUDDIN-NAGAR
INC 46.0%won by 20.1%IND 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.5% to 20.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.9% between them, down from 89.1% — 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
32,830
Margin
6,588
20.07%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SHANTI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC15,09446.0%
- 2INDRADEO PRASADIndependent · IND8,50625.9%
- 3PARMANAND TRIVEDIPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,80717.7%
- 4B. P. JAISWALIndependent · IND2,0466.2%
- 5RAMLAGAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,3774.2%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −40.1%
- INC share
- 67.3% → 46.0%
- IND share
- 7.1% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —