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Constituency

104. Forbesganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-FORBESGANJ

INC 23.6%won by 0.8%INC 22.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.7% to 0.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 31.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.4% between them, down from 87.1% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
95,367
Margin
752
0.79%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
54.9% 23.6%
INC share
54.9% 23.6%
Turnout