Constituency
131. Mahagama
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-MAHAGAMA
PSP 24.5%won by 3.8%CPI 20.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 3.8%.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 0.0% to 24.5% of the vote here (+24.5%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 45.1% between them, down from 63.0% — the field split more ways.
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
28,646
Margin
1,102
3.85%
Candidates
7 contested · winner PSP- 1MAHENDRA MAHTOPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,01124.5%
- 2AHMAD SYEADCommunist Party of India · CPI5,90920.6%
- 3GADADHAR MISHRAIndependent · IND4,38515.3%
- 4LAKHAN MAHTOIndependent · IND3,73913.1%
- 5SUJADHAR MISHRAIndependent · IND3,25911.4%
- 6MD. BURHANUDDIN KHANIndian National Congress · INC3,19811.2%
- 7MANMOHAN THAKURIndependent · IND1,1454.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–CPI swing
- +3.8%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 24.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 20.6%
- Turnout
- — → —