Election
Constituency

174. Dinapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-DINAPUR

INC 29.2%won by 0.8%IND 28.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.6% to 0.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.6% between them, down from 79.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
21,384
Margin
177
0.83%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−28.6%
INC share
50.3% 29.2%
IND share
20.9% 28.4%
Turnout