1957
Total Constituencies: 45
Bihar Lok Sabha Election 1957 covered all 45 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 44.47% and won 34 seats, while the PSP received 21.64% of the vote and won 2 seats. The IND won 1 seats with 15.84% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Bihar.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 34 | 44.47% | 46.08% | 44,50,208 | |
| PSP | 35 | 2 | 21.64% | 25.34% | 21,65,462 |
| IND | 31 | 1 | 15.84% | 20.91% | 15,84,894 |
| JHP | 11 | 5 | 7.51% | 37.88% | 7,51,830 |
| 11 | 0 | 5.02% | 20.66% | 5,02,707 | |
| CNSPJP | 12 | 3 | 5.01% | 18.44% | 5,01,359 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Bagaha | Bibhuti Mishra | INC | 56,380 | Wahid Haque | CPI | 17,908 | 38,472 | 37.78 |
| Champaran | Bipin Behari Verma | INC | 1,87,843 | Bhola Raut | INC | 1,48,132 | 39,711 | 8.2 |
| Gopalganj | Dr. Syed Mahmud | INC | 83,520 | Siya Bihari Sharan | PSP | 35,078 | 48,442 | 36.09 |
| Siwan | Jhulan Singh | INC | 66,147 | Sheo Kumar Dwibedi | BJS | 43,443 | 22,704 | 16.36 |
| Chapra | Rajendra Singh | PSP | 75,994 | Leela Devi Verma | INC | 73,046 | 2,948 | 1.77 |
| Maharajganj | Mahendra Nath Singh | INC | 71,718 | Tara Rani | PSP | 50,773 | 20,945 | 14.21 |
| Kesaria | Dwarkanath Tiwari | INC | 69,692 | Mahanth Gir | CPI | 43,199 | 26,493 | 20.11 |
| Hajipur | Rajeshwar Patel | INC | 1,63,476 | Chandramani Lal Chaudhary | INC | 1,35,135 | 28,341 | 4.01 |
| Muzaffarpur | Shyam Nandan Sahay | INC | 88,998 | Shyam Kumar Pd. Sinha | IND | 49,383 | 39,615 | 21.77 |
| Sitamarhi | Acharya J. B. Kripalani | PSP | 1,25,613 | Bujhawan Sah | IND | 54,835 | 70,778 | 33.47 |
| Pupri | Digvijaya Narain Singh | INC | 91,894 | Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha | PSP | 89,173 | 2,721 | 1.31 |
| Jainagar | Shyam Nandan Mishra | INC | 88,936 | Bhogendra Jha | CPI | 72,359 | 16,577 | 9.27 |
| Madhubani | Anirudh Singh | INC | 80,675 | Surya Narain Singh | PSP | 75,589 | 5,086 | 2.92 |
| Samastipur | Satya Narayan Sinha | INC | 89,266 | Rajendra Narain Sharma | PSP | 46,474 | 42,792 | 25.65 |
| Darbhanga | Shree Narayan Dass | INC | 1,57,710 | Abdul Jalil | PSP | 64,039 | 93,671 | 28.97 |
| Saharsa | Lalit Narain Mishra | INC | 1,44,773 | Bholi Sardar | INC | 1,28,207 | 16,566 | 2.72 |
| Kishanganj | Md. Tahir | INC | 68,949 | Bokai Mandal | IND | 37,665 | 31,284 | 21.75 |
| Purnea | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | INC | 89,369 | Balkrishna Gupta | IND | 45,832 | 43,537 | 25.23 |
| Katihar | Awadhesh Kumar Singh | INC | 78,289 | Safiqul Haque | IND | 24,283 | 54,006 | 35.79 |
| Rajmahal (St) | Paika Murmu | INC | 55,896 | Robert Samuel Basera | JHP | 53,449 | 2,447 | 2.06 |
| Dumka | Suresh Chandra Chudhury | JHP | 1,48,888 | Debi Soren | JHP | 1,33,244 | 15,644 | 2.69 |
| Banka | Shakuntala Devi | INC | 78,857 | Rajeshwar Prasad Chaudhury | JHP | 24,198 | 54,659 | 35.49 |
| Bhagalpur | Banarshi Prasad Jhunjhunwala | INC | 93,315 | Chhabinath Singh | CPI | 43,876 | 49,439 | 27.38 |
| Monghyr | Banarsi Pd. Sinha | INC | 1,68,397 | Nayan Tara Das | INC | 1,50,621 | 17,776 | 2.68 |
| Khagaria | Jiya Lal Mandal | INC | 1,21,677 | Suresh Chandra Mishra | IND | 50,575 | 71,102 | 34.68 |
| Begusarai | Mathura Prasad Mishra | INC | 1,13,294 | Brahmadeo Pd. Singh | PSP | 1,04,074 | 9,220 | 4.24 |
| Nalanda | Kailash Pati Singh | INC | 75,835 | Krishna Pd. Sinha | IND | 57,516 | 18,319 | 11.38 |
| Barh | Tarkeshwari Devi | INC | 78,929 | Ram Lakhan Chandapuri | PSP | 37,630 | 41,299 | 24.59 |
| Patna | Sarangdhar Sinha | INC | 75,618 | Ramautar Shastri | CPI | 66,936 | 8,682 | 6.1 |
| Shahabad | Baliram Bhagat | INC | 99,199 | Dip Narain Singh | PSP | 61,397 | 37,802 | 21.58 |
| Buxar | Kamal Singh | IND | 75,441 | Hargovind Mishra | INC | 67,617 | 7,824 | 4.56 |
| Sasaram | Ramsubhag Singh | INC | 1,77,130 | Sheopujan Singh | PSP | 1,31,287 | 45,843 | 13.01 |
| Aurangabad | Satyendra Narain Singh | INC | 89,389 | Ramswarup Singh | PSP | 51,903 | 37,486 | 26.54 |
| Nawada | Satyabhama Devi | INC | 1,09,255 | Ramdhani Das | INC | 79,324 | 29,931 | 5.58 |
| Gaya | Brajshwar Prasad | INC | 57,927 | Rameshwar Prasad Jadav | PSP | 24,658 | 33,269 | 27.49 |
| Chatra | Vijaya Raje | CNSPJP | 84,234 | Chapalendu Bhattacharji | INC | 43,482 | 40,752 | 31.9 |
| Giridih | Quazi S. A. Matin | CNSPJP | 64,602 | Nagehwar Pd. Sinha | INC | 38,945 | 25,657 | 20.36 |
| Dhanbad | Prabhat Chanra Bose | INC | 67,095 | Kanai Lal Pal | CPI | 28,436 | 38,659 | 27.7 |
| Hazaribagh | Lalita Rajya Lakshmi | CNSPJP | 78,486 | Badruzzaman Khan | INC | 27,894 | 50,592 | 43.65 |
| Ranchi East | M.R.Masani | JHP | 39,025 | Md. Ibrahim Ansari | INC | 36,785 | 2,240 | 1.99 |
| Jamshedpur | M.K. Ghosh | INC | 57,063 | Erick Dacosta | JHP | 47,460 | 9,603 | 5.97 |
| Singhbhum (St) | Shambhu Charan | JHP | 72,246 | Sidia Hembrom | IND | 21,864 | 50,382 | 36.16 |
| Ranchi West (St) | Jaipal Singh | JHP | 1,39,197 | Khrist Pyare Karketta | INC | 58,315 | 80,882 | 35.01 |
| Lohardaga (St) | Ignece Beck | JHP | 50,185 | Jatham Kharwar | INC | 34,691 | 15,494 | 13.55 |
| Palamau | Gajendra Pd. Sinha | INC | 47,202 | Ramawatar Sharma | CNSPJP | 27,822 | 19,380 | 16.76 |