Constituency
150. Jamalpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-JAMALPUR
INC 47.6%won by 19.9%IND 27.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.3% to 19.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 1951.
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
31,663
Margin
6,292
19.87%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1JOGENDRA MAHTONIndian National Congress · INC15,05947.6%
- 2MEHTA RAMCHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND8,76727.7%
- 3CHHOTELAL SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,83724.8%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −31.5%
- INC share
- 51.4% → 47.6%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 27.7%
- Turnout
- — → —