Constituency
98. Murliganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-MURLIGANJ
INC 53.3%won by 35.0%IND 18.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.0% to 35.0%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.6% between them, down from 92.5% — 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
21,616
Margin
7,556
34.96%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SHEONANDAN PRASAD MANDALIndian National Congress · INC11,51553.3%
- 2RADHAKANT YADAVIndependent · IND3,95918.3%
- 3BIBHISAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND3,17614.7%
- 4GIRIDHAR NARAYAN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,96613.7%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −12.8%
- INC share
- 55.3% → 53.3%
- IND share
- 7.5% → 18.3%
- Turnout
- — → —