Constituency
198. Kurtha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-KURTHA
INC 33.3%won by 5.9%PSP 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samajwadi Party (SP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.5% to 33.3% of the vote here (−9.3%).
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.7% between them, down from 87.5% — the field split more ways.
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
25,886
Margin
1,522
5.88%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KAMESHWAR SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC8,61833.3%
- 2RAMCHARAN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,09627.4%
- 3KIRT NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND5,72522.1%
- 4BASHIRUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2,2298.6%
- 5KAPILESHWAR PRASAD SINGHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP1,5816.1%
- 6DOMAN CHAMARIndependent · IND6372.5%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- SP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- −36.7%
- INC share
- 42.5% → 33.3%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- — → —