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Constituency

173. Patna West

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-PATNA-WEST

INC 47.7%won by 20.4%IND 27.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 20.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.0% of the vote between them, up from 48.4% — 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
18,474
Margin
3,771
20.41%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMSARAN SAOIndian National Congress · INC8,81347.7%
  2. 2DAMODAR PRASADIndependent · IND5,04227.3%
  3. 3JANGLI MAHTOIndependent · IND2,34612.7%
  4. 4RAJENDRA PRASAD SINHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,1396.2%
  5. 5RAMESHWAR NATH AMBASTHAIndependent · IND1,1346.1%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−1.5%
INC share
26.5% → 47.7%
IND share
4.6% → 27.3%
Turnout
— → —
172. Patna East174. Dinapur
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