Constituency
106. Palasi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-PALASI
INC 38.5%won by 4.9%PSP 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
26,293
Margin
1,301
4.95%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SHANTI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC10,12638.5%
- 2ABDUR RAZAQUEPraja Socialist Party · PSP8,82533.6%
- 3DAS PURWANANDIndependent · IND7,34227.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −55.0%
- INC share
- 60.0% → 38.5%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- — → —