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Constituency

46. Mahua

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-MAHUA

INC 21.0%won by 0.4%INC 20.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.9% to 0.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 424 votes (0.43%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered7 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
97,898
Margin
424
0.43%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
24.7% 21.0%
INC share
24.7% 21.0%
Turnout