Election
Constituency

226. Chatra

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-CHATRA

CNPSPJP 69.9%won by 39.8%INC 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP), which now leads by 39.8%.

  • CNPSPJP vote shareCNPSPJP went from 0.0% to 69.9% of the vote here (+69.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.5% — 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
21,206
Margin
8,450
39.85%

Candidates

2 contested · winner CNPSPJP
  1. 1KAMAKHYA NARAIN SINGHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP14,82869.9%
  2. 2SUKHLAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC6,37830.1%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CNPSPJPflipped
CNPSPJPINC swing
+78.7%
CNPSPJP share
0.0% 69.9%
INC share
38.8% 30.1%
Turnout