Election
Constituency

132. Pirpainti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-PIRPAINTI

INC 34.8%won by 10.8%CPI 24.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.4% to 10.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 24.0% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.7% between them, down from 65.7% — 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
32,280
Margin
3,484
10.79%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−32.8%
INC share
43.6% 34.8%
CPI share
0.0% 24.0%
Turnout