Election
Constituency

161. Mokamah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-MOKAMAH

INC 40.9%won by 1.3%IND 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.3% to 1.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.5% of the vote between them, up from 63.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
31,163
Margin
417
1.34%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−12.0%
INC share
38.4% 40.9%
IND share
25.1% 39.6%
Turnout