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258. Dhanbad

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1951

BR-DHANBAD

INC 54.6%won by 37.5%BJS 17.1%

What the numbers say

Derived

Indian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
18,788
Margin
7,038
37.46%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PURUSHOTAM CHOUHANIndian National Congress · INC10,25354.6%
  2. 2RAMESH CHANDRA BHATTACHARJEEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,21517.1%
  3. 3MAHESH DESAISamajwadi Party · SP2,14511.4%
  4. 4MUKUT DHARI SINGHIndependent · IND1,1566.2%
  5. 5RAM DHARI PRASAD SAOIndependent · IND7674.1%
  6. 6THAKUR PRASADIndependent · IND6633.5%
  7. 7FANILAL GUPTAIndependent · IND3311.8%
  8. 8HIRENDRA NATH CHATERJEEIndependent · IND2581.4%
257. Tundi259. Baliapur
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