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Constituency

12. Dhaka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-DHAKA

INC 48.5%won by 19.3%PSP 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.9% to 19.3%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 29.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • 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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not in source
Valid votes
26,222
Margin
5,061
19.30%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MASOODUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC12,72148.5%
  2. 2DAMODAR JHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,66029.2%
  3. 3DHARAMACHANDRA PD. CHAUDHARYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,83010.8%
  4. 4NEK MOHAMMADCommunist Party of India · CPI1,6356.2%
  5. 5WAIZUL HAQUEIndependent · IND8743.3%
  6. 6DAROGA PRASADIndependent · IND5021.9%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−27.1%
INC share
46.4% → 48.5%
PSP share
0.0% → 29.2%
Turnout
— → —
11. Ghorasahan13. Patabi
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