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Constituency

129. Ramgarh

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-RAMGARH

INC 51.1%won by 2.1%JHP 48.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.9% to 2.1%.

  • New challengerJai Hind Party (JHP) finished second with 48.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 42.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
22,190
Margin
472
2.13%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUKHU MURMU (ST)Indian National Congress · INC11,33151.1%
  2. 2MADAN BESRA (ST)Jai Hind Party · JHP10,85948.9%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJHP swing
−21.7%
INC share
23.8% 51.1%
JHP share
0.0% 48.9%
Turnout