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Constituency

7. Bettiah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BETTIAH

INC 36.7%won by 0.6%INC 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 57.9% to 0.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 34.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.7% between them, down from 84.3% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
65,541
Margin
419
0.64%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
71.1% 36.7%
INC share
71.1% 36.7%
Turnout