Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Barh

Tarkeshwari Devi (INC) won by 41,299 votes (24.6%).

Electors
3,56,840
Votes polled
1,67,987
Valid votes
1,67,987
Turnout
47.1%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1957-02-25

Margin vs 1957 national median: 24.6% (median 11.1%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1957 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
0.2%(-1.9%)
Turnout
70.3%(+1.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
96.3%

Winning margin over time · Barh

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199955%

Candidates

Candidates · Barh 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tarkeshwari DeviWinnerINC78,92947.0%
2Ram Lakhan ChandapuriPSP37,63022.4%
3Parmatma SinghIND30,43118.1%
4Kamal Narin ChaudharyIND11,5416.9%
5Ramlakhan SinghCNSPJP9,4565.6%

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