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Constituency

128. Dumka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-DUMKA

JHP 27.6%won by 4.2%JHP 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

Jai Hind Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.0% to 4.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.0% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.

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
1,02,345
Margin
4,343
4.24%

Candidates

9 contested · winner JHP
  1. 1SANATH ROUTJai Hind Party · JHP28,24927.6%
  2. 2BINJAMIN HANSDA (ST)Jai Hind Party · JHP23,90623.4%
  3. 3CHOTA ROMANI MARANDI (ST)Indian National Congress · INC16,78616.4%
  4. 4JAGDISH NARAYAN ANDALIndian National Congress · INC14,61914.3%
  5. 5CHANDI PRASAD MODIIndependent · IND8,1678.0%
  6. 6SAMBHUNATH BALIASECNPSPJP · CNPSPJP4,8294.7%
  7. 7RADHESYAM MISHRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,4632.4%
  8. 8CYRIL THOMAS BESRA (ST)Independent · IND1,9951.9%
  9. 9KANHU KISHKU (ST)Independent · IND1,3311.3%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
JHP
Winner now
JHP
JHP–JHP swing
0.0%
JHP share
56.0% → 27.6%
JHP share
56.0% → 27.6%
Turnout
— → —
127. Deoghar129. Ramgarh
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