Constituency
159. Bachhwara
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-BACHHWARA
PSP 44.8%won by 7.5%INC 37.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 7.5%.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 0.0% to 44.8% of the vote here (+44.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.0% of the vote between them, up from 71.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
35,573
Margin
2,680
7.53%
Candidates
5 contested · winner PSP- 1BAIDYANATH PRASAD SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP15,92644.8%
- 2MITHAN CHOUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC13,24637.2%
- 3BINDESHWARI PRASAD NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND2,8348.0%
- 4JUGESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,3546.6%
- 5ANIRUDH JHAIndependent · IND1,2133.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +45.7%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 44.8%
- INC share
- 38.2% → 37.2%
- Turnout
- — → —