Constituency
93. Singhia
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-SINGHIA
INC 22.4%won by 5.3%IND 17.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.7% to 5.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 34.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 17.1% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 39.6% between them, down from 91.5% — 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
87,589
Margin
4,628
5.28%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1BRAJ MOHAN PD. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC19,64922.4%
- 2MANKESHWAR PD. YADAVIndependent · IND15,02117.1%
- 3SHYAM KUMARI (SC)Indian National Congress · INC14,67716.8%
- 4CHATURBHUJ SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,22510.5%
- 5LAXMI PASWAN (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP7,6698.8%
- 6RAM GULAM MUKHIAIndependent · IND7,2018.2%
- 7JAGDISH PODDARIndependent · IND6,4157.3%
- 8RAMU SADA (SC)Independent · IND3,8754.4%
- 9SALIGRAM PD. SINGHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP3,8574.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −51.3%
- INC share
- 56.6% → 22.4%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 17.1%
- Turnout
- — → —