Constituency
115. Katihar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-KATIHAR
INC 30.8%won by 3.2%INC 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 3.3% to 3.2%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 58.4% of the vote between them, up from 52.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Multi-cornered6 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
81,620
Margin
2,621
3.21%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1BABULAL MANJHI (ST)Indian National Congress · INC25,15930.8%
- 2SUKHDEO NARAYAN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC22,53827.6%
- 3SATYA NARAYAN SINHACNPSPJP · CNPSPJP7,4639.1%
- 4NANDLAL MARANDI (ST)Praja Socialist Party · PSP6,6608.2%
- 5SHIVANARAIN URAON (ST)CNPSPJP · CNPSPJP6,3047.7%
- 6EQBAL MOHIBUL HAQUEPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,8397.2%
- 7JETHA MANJHI (ST)Jai Hind Party · JHP4,0475.0%
- 8MODI MARANDI (ST)Jai Hind Party · JHP3,6104.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 28.0% → 30.8%
- INC share
- 28.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —