Election
Constituency

247. Tamar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-TAMAR

JHP 50.5%won by 5.9%INC 44.6%

What changed here

Derived

Jai Hind Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.0% to 5.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 80.3% — 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
19,601
Margin
1,165
5.94%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
JHP
Winner now
JHP
JHPINC swing
−42.1%
JHP share
64.2% 50.5%
INC share
16.1% 44.6%
Turnout