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165. Bihar South

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BIHAR-SOUTH

INC 36.2%won by 10.1%IND 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.0% to 10.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 62.2% of the vote between them, up from 52.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
22,066
Margin
2,230
10.11%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GIRBARDHARI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,97836.2%
  2. 2DR. BADRI NATH SINGHIndependent · IND5,74826.0%
  3. 3JAGAT KISHORE PRASAD NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND5,24623.8%
  4. 4JAGDISH RAMIndependent · IND1,9358.8%
  5. 5BISHWANTH PRASADIndependent · IND6172.8%
  6. 6SHEODANI SINHAIndependent · IND5422.5%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−2.9%
INC share
32.9% → 36.2%
IND share
19.9% → 26.0%
Turnout
— → —
164. Bihar North166. Rajgir
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