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Constituency

19. Barauli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BARAULI

INC 39.3%won by 0.3%IND 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.1% to 0.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from KMPP (KMPP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.2% of the vote between them, up from 60.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
21,831
Margin
73
0.33%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ABDUL GHAFOORIndian National Congress · INC8,57239.3%
  2. 2HAZARI SAHIndependent · IND8,49938.9%
  3. 3KAPILDEO RAIIndependent · IND4,76021.8%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−33.1%
INC share
43.8% 39.3%
IND share
10.3% 38.9%
Turnout