Election
Constituency

118. Rajmahal

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-RAJMAHAL

INC 50.5%won by 30.7%IND 19.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.5% to 30.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from KMPP (KMPP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.3% between them, down from 77.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
24,073
Margin
7,395
30.72%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BINODANAND JHAIndian National Congress · INC12,16350.5%
  2. 2NATH MAL DOKANIAIndependent · IND4,76819.8%
  3. 3KHUBLAL CHAUDHRYIndependent · IND2,67011.1%
  4. 4EIRFAN MOHAMMADJai Hind Party · JHP1,5836.6%
  5. 5RAGHUNATH SODANIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4946.2%
  6. 6PARMESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND6942.9%
  7. 7JAMALUDDIN SIDDIQUEIndependent · IND4611.9%
  8. 8LAKHI PD. AGARWALIndependent · IND2401.0%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−12.8%
INC share
52.6% → 50.5%
IND share
9.1% → 19.8%
Turnout
— → —
117. Baisi119. Borio
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