Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Darbhanga

Shree Narayan Dass (INC) won by 1,57,710 votes (48.8%).

Electors
7,98,390
Votes polled
3,23,395
Valid votes
3,23,395
Turnout
40.5%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1957-02-25

Margin vs 1957 national median: 48.8% (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.

Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
7.3%(+2.4%)
Turnout
73.4%(+2.5%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
97.0%

Winning margin over time · Darbhanga

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199951%

Candidates

Candidates · Darbhanga 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shree Narayan DassWinnerINC1,57,71048.8%
1Rameshwar SahuWinnerINC00.0%
3Abdul JalilPSP64,03919.8%
4Nageshwar MishraIND50,46815.6%
5Suraj ChaudharyIND26,1348.1%
6Harish Chandra MishraIND25,0447.7%

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