Election
Constituency

97. Tribeniganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-TRIBENIGANJ

INC 26.4%won by 0.4%INC 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 0.2% to 0.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 52.4% of the vote between them, up from 45.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 254 votes (0.38%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
67,687
Margin
254
0.38%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
23.1% 26.4%
INC share
23.1% 26.4%
Turnout