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Constituency

125. Jamtara

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-JAMTARA

JHP 46.6%won by 18.4%IND 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

Jai Hind Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.8% to 18.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
39,036
Margin
7,184
18.40%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
JHP
Winner now
JHP
JHPIND swing
−40.5%
JHP share
58.9% 46.6%
IND share
0.0% 28.2%
Turnout