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164. Bihar North

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BIHAR-NORTH

INC 38.7%won by 10.5%CPI 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.2% to 10.5%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.9% of the vote between them, up from 61.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
29,000
Margin
3,058
10.54%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1S. M. AQUILIndian National Congress · INC11,23538.7%
  2. 2VIJOY KUMAR YADAYCommunist Party of India · CPI8,17728.2%
  3. 3LAXMICHAND HITAISHIIndependent · IND4,02513.9%
  4. 4MOHAMMAD ANWARUL HAQUECNPSPJP · CNPSPJP3,22111.1%
  5. 5MISHRI LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,5665.4%
  6. 6MOKTAZIB SAHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4081.4%
  7. 7SRI KRISHNA PRASADIndependent · IND3681.3%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−31.0%
INC share
41.5% → 38.7%
CPI share
0.0% → 28.2%
Turnout
— → —
163. Fatwa165. Bihar South
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