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Constituency

82. Darbhanga North

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-DARBHANGA-NORTH

INC 52.1%won by 23.4%IND 28.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.6% to 23.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.7% of the vote between them, up from 75.6% — 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
22,350
Margin
5,237
23.43%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−17.1%
INC share
58.1% 52.1%
IND share
17.5% 28.6%
Turnout