Election
Constituency

110. Purnea

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-PURNEA

INC 61.6%won by 44.9%IND 16.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.0% to 44.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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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not in source
Valid votes
36,767
Margin
16,503
44.89%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KAMALDEO NARAYAN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC22,64961.6%
  2. 2KAMALA PRASAD MAHTOIndependent · IND6,14616.7%
  3. 3HABIBUR RAHMANPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,79513.0%
  4. 4TEJNARAYAN THAKURCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP1,2103.3%
  5. 5PANCHAM PRASADIndependent · IND1,1533.1%
  6. 6JANG BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND8142.2%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+2.0%
INC share
54.3% → 61.6%
IND share
11.4% → 16.7%
Turnout
— → —
109. Amaur111. Dhamdaha
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