Election
Constituency

162. Barh

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BARH

INC 28.5%won by 7.6%IND 20.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.7% to 7.6%.

  • 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
29,980
Margin
2,288
7.63%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMYATAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC8,54728.5%
  2. 2TARINI PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND6,25920.9%
  3. 3RAMJEE CHAUDHRYIndependent · IND5,92619.8%
  4. 4SURESH NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND4,33114.4%
  5. 5MANI KANT AZADIndependent · IND2,5648.6%
  6. 6BASUDEO SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,3537.8%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−2.1%
INC share
30.8% → 28.5%
IND share
21.1% → 20.9%
Turnout
— → —
161. Mokamah163. Fatwa
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