Constituency
108. Kishanganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-KISHANGANJ
INC 73.7%won by 47.3%PSP 26.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.9% to 47.3%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 26.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 69.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
19,774
Margin
9,360
47.33%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1ABDUL HAIYATIndian National Congress · INC14,56773.7%
- 2AHMAD HUSSAINPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,20726.3%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +2.0%
- INC share
- 45.4% → 73.7%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 26.3%
- Turnout
- — → —