Constituency
249. Ranchi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-RANCHI
JHP 20.0%won by 0.6%INC 19.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Jai Hind Party (JHP), which now leads by 0.6%.
- JHP vote shareJHP went from 15.4% to 20.0% of the vote here (+4.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 39.5% of the vote between them, up from 31.6% — 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
68,753
Margin
392
0.57%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JHP- 1JAGANNATH MAHTOJai Hind Party · JHP13,77820.0%
- 2RAMRATAN RAM (SC)Indian National Congress · INC13,38619.5%
- 3SACHITANAND RAM (SC)Jai Hind Party · JHP13,33219.4%
- 4BHARAT MAHTOIndian National Congress · INC13,30819.4%
- 5BISHNU DUTT SAHUIndependent · IND5,0947.4%
- 6GOVIND DEO BRAHMACHARIIndependent · IND3,4455.0%
- 7SYED MOIUDDIN AHMADIndependent · IND2,2343.2%
- 8MOHIUDDIN SHEIKHIndependent · IND1,7582.6%
- 9HARIDAS DEV SINGH (SC)Independent · IND1,4512.1%
- 10J. C. HAYWARDIndependent · IND9671.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JHPflipped
- JHP–INC swing
- +1.4%
- JHP share
- 15.4% → 20.0%
- INC share
- 16.2% → 19.5%
- Turnout
- — → —