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Constituency

96. Pratapganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-PRATAPGANJ

INC 37.4%won by 11.7%IND 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.4% to 11.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 30.4% — 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 63.1% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
23,383
Margin
2,739
11.71%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−52.3%
INC share
67.8% 37.4%
IND share
3.8% 25.7%
Turnout