Constituency
105. Araria
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-ARARIA
INC 50.1%won by 17.9%CNPSPJP 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 27.7% to 50.1% of the vote here (+22.4%).
- New challengerCNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.3% of the vote between them, up from 60.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
26,072
Margin
4,654
17.85%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1ZIAUR REHMANIndian National Congress · INC13,06050.1%
- 2ZAHIRUDDINCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP8,40632.2%
- 3SADA NAND RAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,3809.1%
- 4JIUT PRASAD VERMAIndependent · IND2,2268.5%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CNPSPJP swing
- −9.9%
- INC share
- 27.7% → 50.1%
- CNPSPJP share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- — → —