Constituency
133. Colgong
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-COLGONG
INC 30.5%won by 3.1%INC 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.1% to 3.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.9% between them, down from 74.6% — 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
1,09,122
Margin
3,385
3.10%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1BHOLA NATH DASS (SC)Indian National Congress · INC33,27430.5%
- 2SYED MAQBOOL AHMADIndian National Congress · INC29,88927.4%
- 3AJAB LAL SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI10,6049.7%
- 4HARI BHAGAT (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP9,8589.0%
- 5YADANATH MANDALCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP9,7578.9%
- 6KESHAB CHANDRA ROYPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,6798.9%
- 7SAKICHAND PRASADIndependent · IND6,0615.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 57.4% → 30.5%
- INC share
- 57.4% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- — → —