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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

264 seats · vs 1951 (276-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 1957 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 171 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 30 seatsJai Hind Party — 26 seatsCNPSPJP — 18 seatsIndependent — 13 seatsCommunist Party of India — 6 seats133264of 264 seats
  • INC171
  • PSP30
  • JHP26
  • CNPSPJP18
  • IND13
  • CPI6

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress17165%44,55,42542.1%312
PSPPraja Socialist Party3011%16,94,97416.0%220
JHPJai Hind Party2610%7,49,0217.1%70
CNPSPJPCNPSPJP187%8,29,1957.8%119
INDIndependent135%21,81,18020.6%527
CPICommunist Party of India62%5,45,5775.2%60
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh00%1,30,0501.2%30

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 1957 · winner by seat

243 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 133

1957 · selected
Majority 133
INC171PSP30JHP26CNPSPJP18IND13CPI6
1951 · previous
Majority 139

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1951 → 1957

1951 1957· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
41.4
42.1
0.0
16.0
8.0
7.1
0.0
7.8
19.7
20.6
1.1
5.2
18.1
0.0
INCPSPJHPCNPSPJPINDCPISP

Seat change

1957 seats minus 1951 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
198 → 171
−27
PSP
0 → 30
+30
JHP
27 → 26
−1
CNPSPJP
0 → 18
+18
IND
13 → 13
0
CPI
0 → 6
+6
SP
20 → 0
−20
CNSPJP
10 → 0
−10
LKSS
4 → 0
−4
KMPP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1951 → 1957

share lostshare gained
PSP
0.0% → 16.0%
+16.0%
CNPSPJP
0.0% → 7.8%
+7.8%
CPI
1.1% → 5.2%
+4.0%
IND
19.7% → 20.6%
+0.9%
INC
41.4% → 42.1%
+0.7%
RRP
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
UKS
0.8% → 0.0%
−0.8%
JHP
8.0% → 7.1%
−0.9%
FBLMG
1.1% → 0.0%
−1.1%
LKSS
1.6% → 0.0%
−1.6%

Biggest INC–PSP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-PSP vote gap moved most, 1951 → 1957. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − PSP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward PSP.

toward PSPtoward INC
Supaul
−115.8%
Tajpur
−72.5%
Mashrakh North
−66.6%
Raghunathpur
−66.2%
Bahadurganj
−64.4%
Katra North
−60.8%
Basantpur
−58.4%
Masarakh South
−57.5%
Asthawan
−56.8%
Palasi
−55.0%
Adapur
−54.6%
Pupri South
−54.0%

Closest races · 1957

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1957

264 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1951