Election
Constituency

142. Jhajha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-JHAJHA

INC 24.0%won by 5.3%INC 18.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
60,042
Margin
3,182
5.30%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
50.5% 24.0%
INC share
50.5% 24.0%
Turnout