Election
Constituency

244. Manoharpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-MANOHARPUR

JHP 46.5%won by 20.9%IND 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

Jai Hind Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.0% to 20.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
28,587
Margin
5,983
20.93%

Candidates

6 contested · winner JHP
  1. 1SUBHNATH DEOGAM (ST)Jai Hind Party · JHP13,28946.5%
  2. 2RAM NARAYAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND7,30625.6%
  3. 3JANNAT HUSSAINIndependent · IND2,7109.5%
  4. 4DEVENDRA NATH SAMANTAIndian National Congress · INC2,5919.1%
  5. 5BALBHADRA PURTYIndependent · IND1,4345.0%
  6. 6SADHU CHARAN KESRIPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,2574.4%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
JHP
Winner now
JHP
JHP–IND swing
−16.1%
JHP share
56.0% → 46.5%
IND share
19.0% → 25.6%
Turnout
— → —
243. Majhgaon245. Chakradharpur
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