Election
Constituency

239. Jugsalai

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-JUGSALAI

INC 37.5%won by 2.6%CPI 34.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Jai Hind Party (JHP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 11.3% to 37.5% of the vote here (+26.2%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Jai Hind Party (JHP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.4% of the vote between them, up from 29.5% — 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
29,080
Margin
754
2.59%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
JHP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
−0.6%
INC share
11.3% 37.5%
CPI share
8.1% 34.9%
Turnout