Constituency
251. Khunti
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-KHUNTI
JHP 67.9%won by 35.7%INC 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedJai Hind Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.5% to 35.7%.
- Safe seatJai Hind Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
40,385
Margin
14,423
35.71%
Candidates
2 contested · winner JHP- 1BIR SINGH MUNDA (ST)Jai Hind Party · JHP27,40467.9%
- 2BHAIYA RAM MUNDA (ST)Indian National Congress · INC12,98132.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- JHP
- Winner now
- JHP
- JHP–INC swing
- −4.8%
- JHP share
- 70.2% → 67.9%
- INC share
- 29.8% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —