Constituency
248. Silli
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-SILLI
INC 34.1%won by 1.2%JHP 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.3% to 1.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from CNSPJP (CNSPJP) to Jai Hind Party (JHP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.0% of the vote between them, up from 61.3% — 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
18,923
Margin
223
1.18%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BHOLANATH BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC6,44634.1%
- 2VISHNU CHARAN MAHATOJai Hind Party · JHP6,22332.9%
- 3KUNWAR KHELESHWAR SINGHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP5,47328.9%
- 4JOHN EMANUEL MALACHIIndependent · IND7814.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JHP swing
- −16.0%
- INC share
- 38.8% → 34.1%
- JHP share
- 21.6% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- — → —