Election
Constituency

147. Tarapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-TARAPUR

INC 52.6%won by 37.0%IND 15.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.4% to 37.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.3% between them, down from 74.4% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
32,065
Margin
11,865
37.00%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BASUKINATH RAIIndian National Congress · INC16,87852.6%
  2. 2BIJOY NARAIN PRASANTIndependent · IND5,01315.6%
  3. 3KAILASH SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,90615.3%
  4. 4BASUDEO JHAIndependent · IND2,5748.0%
  5. 5SURENDRA KUMAR CHOUDHRYIndependent · IND1,3734.3%
  6. 6RANDHIR SINGHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP1,3214.1%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−4.9%
INC share
48.4% → 52.6%
IND share
6.5% → 15.6%
Turnout
— → —
146. Surajgarha148. Kharagpur
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