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Constituency

140. Banka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BANKA

INC 34.5%won by 6.2%IND 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.7% to 6.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • 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
28,799
Margin
1,799
6.25%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BINDHYABASINI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC9,92234.5%
  2. 2BRAJMOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND8,12328.2%
  3. 3RAMESHWAR BAIDYAIndependent · IND4,29014.9%
  4. 4SURENDRA NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND2,2387.8%
  5. 5BAIJANATH PD. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,1717.5%
  6. 6CHHEDI DEOJai Hind Party · JHP2,0557.1%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−29.5%
INC share
51.5% → 34.5%
IND share
15.7% → 28.2%
Turnout
— → —
139. Dhuraiya141. Katoria
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