Election
Constituency

120. Barhait

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BARHAIT

JHP 63.9%won by 41.2%INC 22.6%

What the numbers say

Derived

Jai Hind Party 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
16,815
Margin
6,934
41.24%

Candidates

5 contested · winner JHP
  1. 1BABULAL TUDU (ST)Jai Hind Party · JHP10,73863.9%
  2. 2JAIRAM MURMU (ST)Indian National Congress · INC3,80422.6%
  3. 3BARNABAS CHAND PAHARIA (ST)Independent · IND1,4228.5%
  4. 4STEPHEN HEMBROM (ST)Independent · IND4632.8%
  5. 5BODAN MURMU (ST)Independent · IND3882.3%
119. Borio121. Litipara
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