Constituency
157. Bariarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-BARIARPUR
INC 53.4%won by 15.7%PSP 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samajwadi Party (SP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 34.2% to 53.4% of the vote here (+19.2%).
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 37.7% — 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
35,802
Margin
5,633
15.73%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1HARIHAR MAHTONIndian National Congress · INC19,12353.4%
- 2RAM NARAIN CHOUDHARYPraja Socialist Party · PSP13,49037.7%
- 3ANUPLAL RAIIndependent · IND1,9115.3%
- 4SHARDA PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,2783.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- SP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- −18.5%
- INC share
- 34.2% → 53.4%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —