Constituency
137. Sultanganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-SULTANGANJ
INC 47.3%won by 9.5%PSP 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.5% to 9.5%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
38,155
Margin
3,637
9.53%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SARSWATI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC18,03747.3%
- 2BANARSI PD. SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP14,40037.7%
- 3SHARIF ALAMIndependent · IND3,7819.9%
- 4MANNI LALIndependent · IND1,9375.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −33.3%
- INC share
- 42.8% → 47.3%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —