Constituency
51. Kanti
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1957
BR-KANTI
INC 50.9%won by 1.9%IND 49.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.9% to 1.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
23,451
Margin
445
1.90%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1JAMUNA PD. TRIPATHIIndian National Congress · INC11,94850.9%
- 2YOGENDRA PD. SHARMAIndependent · IND11,50349.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −14.0%
- INC share
- 56.1% → 50.9%
- IND share
- 40.2% → 49.1%
- Turnout
- — → —