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116. Kadwa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-KADWA

INC 42.1%won by 27.6%IND 14.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.8% to 27.6%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered6 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
22,486
Margin
6,206
27.60%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOHIUDDIN MOKHTARIndian National Congress · INC9,45842.1%
  2. 2SAFIQUAL HAQUEIndependent · IND3,25214.5%
  3. 3BHAGWAN SHAHIndependent · IND2,69812.0%
  4. 4ARUN GOPAL JHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,49511.1%
  5. 5PARMESHWARI MANDALCommunist Party of India · CPI2,41410.7%
  6. 6MOHAMMD ABDUL HASSAIN SEIKHIndependent · IND2,1699.6%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+7.8%
INC share
40.2% → 42.1%
IND share
20.3% → 14.5%
Turnout
— → —
115. Katihar117. Baisi
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