Constituency
255. Chainpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-CHAINPUR
JHP 50.2%won by 13.5%INC 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Jai Hind Party (JHP), which now leads by 13.5%.
- JHP vote shareJHP went from 0.0% to 50.2% of the vote here (+50.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.0% of the vote between them, up from 71.0% — 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
36,883
Margin
4,975
13.49%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JHP- 1PHABLANUS ORAON (ST)Jai Hind Party · JHP18,52950.2%
- 2BONIFAZ LAKRA (ST)Indian National Congress · INC13,55436.7%
- 3GOPAL MAHTO (ST)Independent · IND4,80013.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JHPflipped
- JHP–INC swing
- +70.4%
- JHP share
- 0.0% → 50.2%
- INC share
- 56.9% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- — → —