Back to Bihar 1957 map

Winner — 1957

BRAJ BIHARI SINGH
INC· INC
INC 49.9%IND 27.7%2 others 22.5%
Votes
13,125
49.9% share
Winning margin
5,843
22.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
39.1%
of 67,219

Rupauli is a safe seat — BRAJ BIHARI SINGH won by 22.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BRAJ BIHARI SINGH
13,12549.9%
2
KAMALNATH JHA
IND
7,28227.7%
3
CHHABINATH SHARMA
3,43213.0%
4
DASHRATH PD. CHOUDHRY
2,4769.4%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (197th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.2% · min 0.3% · max 25.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
197th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.93
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
95th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.9%IND 27.7%CPI 13.0%PSP 9.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25