Constituency
80. Purnea
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-PURNEA
INC 51.8%won by 25.2%IND 26.6%
What the numbers say
DerivedIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,94,634
Turnout
43.7%
Valid votes
1,72,563
Margin
43,537
25.23%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1PHANI GOPAL SEN GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC89,36951.8%
- 2BALKRISHNA GUPTAIndependent · IND45,83226.6%
- 3MURLIDHAR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP37,36221.7%