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79. Bahera South

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BAHERA-SOUTH

INC 32.4%won by 7.8%IND 24.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.7% to 7.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
  • Multi-cornered5 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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Valid votes
24,377
Margin
1,906
7.82%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KRISHNA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC7,89632.4%
  2. 2SATYADEO RAIIndependent · IND5,99024.6%
  3. 3BATUK NARAIN THAKURIndependent · IND4,42418.1%
  4. 4KAUSHIK MUKHIAPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,77815.5%
  5. 5DWARIKA YADAVIndependent · IND1,6876.9%
  6. 6GOBINDNARAIN CHOUDHARYCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP6022.5%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−10.8%
INC share
34.1% → 32.4%
IND share
15.5% → 24.6%
Turnout
— → —
78. Biraul80. Bahera
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