Constituency
207. Sherghati
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-SHERGHATI
INC 36.2%won by 6.4%IND 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.4% to 6.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.1% of the vote between them, up from 56.2% — 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
22,202
Margin
1,423
6.41%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SHAHJEHAN MOHAMMADIndian National Congress · INC8,04536.2%
- 2UPENDRA NATH VERMAIndependent · IND6,62229.8%
- 3UMESH CHANDRA PRASADIndependent · IND6,16827.8%
- 4RAMESHWAR SHARANPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,3676.2%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −14.3%
- INC share
- 30.8% → 36.2%
- IND share
- 10.1% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —