Constituency
182. Barhampur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-BARHAMPUR
INC 39.9%won by 10.7%IND 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.2% to 10.7%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.2% of the vote between them, up from 50.6% — 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
23,666
Margin
2,529
10.69%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1LALLAN PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,45339.9%
- 2JADGISH PD. SINGHIndependent · IND6,92429.3%
- 3MAHESH RAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,71011.5%
- 4SHEONATH PANDEYIndependent · IND2,63911.2%
- 5RAMCHANDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1,0884.6%
- 6RADHA RAMAN DUBEYCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP8523.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −9.2%
- INC share
- 33.9% → 39.9%
- IND share
- 14.0% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- — → —