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Constituency

159. Bachhwara

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BACHHWARA

PSP 44.8%won by 7.5%INC 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
35,573
Margin
2,680
7.53%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
PSPflipped
PSPINC swing
+45.7%
PSP share
0.0% 44.8%
INC share
38.2% 37.2%
Turnout