Constituency
85. Samastipur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-SAMASTIPUR
INC 53.5%won by 25.7%PSP 27.9%
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
3,46,226
Turnout
48.2%
Valid votes
1,66,815
Margin
42,792
25.65%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SATYA NARAYAN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC89,26653.5%
- 2RAJENDRA NARAIN SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP46,47427.9%
- 3BADRI NARAYAN SINHAIndependent · IND23,12213.9%
- 4LAKSHMAN PD. BHAGATIndependent · IND7,9534.8%