Bihar 1947 1999 · 1957
State seat map, party leadership, and constituency results.
- Seats
- 45
- Turnout
- 51.3%
- Electors
- 1,95,14,567
- Votes polled
- 1,00,07,876
- NOTA
- 0
- Leading party
- INC
Party leaderboard
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45 of 45 seats shown
Constituencies
| Constituency | Category | Winner | Runner-up | Vote share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurangabad | GEN | Satyendra Narain Singh (INC) | Ramswarup Singh (PSP) | 63.3% | 37,486 (26.5%) | 39.7% |
| Bagaha | SC | Bibhuti Mishra (INC) | Wahid Haque (CPI) | 55.4% | 38,472 (37.8%) | 33.9% |
| Banka | GEN | Shakuntala Devi (INC) | Rajeshwar Prasad Chaudhury (JHP) | 51.2% | 54,659 (35.5%) | 39.5% |
| Barh | GEN | Tarkeshwari Devi (INC) | Ram Lakhan Chandapuri (PSP) | 47.0% | 41,299 (24.6%) | 47.1% |
| Begusarai | GEN | Mathura Prasad Mishra (INC) | Brahmadeo Pd. Singh (PSP) | 52.1% | 9,220 (4.2%) | 54.1% |
| Bhagalpur | GEN | Banarshi Prasad Jhunjhunwala (INC) | Chhabinath Singh (CPI) | 51.7% | 49,439 (27.4%) | 44.5% |
| Buxar | GEN | Kamal Singh (IND) | Hargovind Mishra (INC) | 43.9% | 7,824 (4.6%) | 46.8% |
| CHAMPARAN | GEN | Bipin Behari Verma (INC) | — | 38.8% | 39,711 (8.2%) | 71.3% |
| Chapra | GEN | Rajendra Singh (PSP) | Leela Devi Verma (INC) | 45.7% | 2,948 (1.8%) | 42.7% |
| Chatra | SC | Vijaya Raje (CNSPJP) | Chapalendu Bhattacharji (INC) | 66.0% | 40,752 (31.9%) | 37.4% |
| Darbhanga | GEN | Shree Narayan Dass (INC) | — | 48.8% | 1,57,710 (48.8%) | 40.5% |
| Dhanbad | GEN | Prabhat Chanra Bose (INC) | Kanai Lal Pal (CPI) | 48.1% | 38,659 (27.7%) | 33.2% |
| Dumka | ST | Suresh Chandra Chudhury (JHP) | — | 25.6% | 15,644 (2.7%) | 77.6% |
| Gaya | SC | Brajshwar Prasad (INC) | Rameshwar Prasad Jadav (PSP) | 47.9% | 33,269 (27.5%) | 40.7% |
| Giridih | GEN | Quazi S. A. Matin (CNSPJP) | Nagehwar Pd. Sinha (INC) | 51.3% | 25,657 (20.4%) | 38.5% |
| Gopalganj | GEN | Dr. Syed Mahmud (INC) | Siya Bihari Sharan (PSP) | 62.2% | 48,442 (36.1%) | 36.4% |
| Hajipur | GEN | Rajeshwar Patel (INC) | — | 23.1% | 28,341 (4.0%) | 90.1% |
| Hazaribagh | GEN | Lalita Rajya Lakshmi (CNSPJP) | Badruzzaman Khan (INC) | 67.7% | 50,592 (43.6%) | 34.0% |
| JAINAGAR | GEN | Shyam Nandan Mishra (INC) | Bhogendra Jha (CPI) | 49.7% | 16,577 (9.3%) | 42.6% |
| Jamshedpur | GEN | M.K. Ghosh (INC) | Erick Dacosta (JHP) | 35.5% | 9,603 (6.0%) | 40.2% |
| KESSARIA | GEN | Dwarkanath Tiwari (INC) | Mahanth Gir (CPI) | 52.9% | 26,493 (20.1%) | 38.8% |
| Katihar | GEN | Awadhesh Kumar Singh (INC) | Safiqul Haque (IND) | 51.9% | 54,006 (35.8%) | 40.1% |
| Khagaria | GEN | Jiya Lal Mandal (INC) | Suresh Chandra Mishra (IND) | 59.4% | 71,102 (34.7%) | 56.4% |
| Kishanganj | GEN | Md. Tahir (INC) | Bokai Mandal (IND) | 47.9% | 31,284 (21.7%) | 37.0% |
| Lohardaga | ST | Ignece Beck (JHP) | Jatham Kharwar (INC) | 43.9% | 15,494 (13.5%) | 34.7% |
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Party board
| Party | Seats won | Contested | Vote share | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 34 | 51 | 44.5% | 44,50,208 |
| JHP | 5 | 12 | 7.5% | 7,51,830 |
| CNSPJP | 3 | 13 | 5.0% | 5,01,359 |
| PSP | 2 | 41 | 21.6% | 21,65,462 |
| IND | 1 | 63 | 15.8% | 15,84,894 |
| CPI | 0 | 13 | 5.0% | 5,02,707 |
| BJS | 0 | 2 | 0.5% | 51,416 |
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