Constituency
205. Rafiganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-RAFIGANJ
INC 42.8%won by 21.3%IND 21.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 21.3%.
- Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
22,292
Margin
4,742
21.27%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SARJOO PRASAD SINHAIndian National Congress · INC9,54442.8%
- 2JAGDISH CHANDRA YADAVIndependent · IND4,80221.5%
- 3RAMBILASH SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,07513.8%
- 4KUMAR SUMAIR SINGHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP2,66712.0%
- 5MUNDRIKA SINGHIndependent · IND2,2049.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +20.4%
- INC share
- 31.2% → 42.8%
- IND share
- 30.4% → 21.5%
- Turnout
- — → —