Constituency
142. Jhajha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-JHAJHA
INC 24.0%won by 5.3%INC 18.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.2% to 5.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 42.8% between them, down from 70.8% — 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
60,042
Margin
3,182
5.30%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,42924.0%
- 2BHAGWAT MURMU (ST)Indian National Congress · INC11,24718.7%
- 3HARINANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND9,97716.6%
- 4MOTI MURMU (ST)Jai Hind Party · JHP8,92914.9%
- 5CHANDRABHAL SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP8,09113.5%
- 6LAKHAN MURMU (ST)Praja Socialist Party · PSP7,36912.3%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 50.5% → 24.0%
- INC share
- 50.5% → 24.0%
- Turnout
- — → —