Election
Constituency

106. Palasi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-PALASI

INC 38.5%won by 4.9%PSP 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.1% to 4.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.1% between them, down from 82.9% — 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
26,293
Margin
1,301
4.95%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−55.0%
INC share
60.0% 38.5%
PSP share
0.0% 33.6%
Turnout