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180. Arrah Muffasil

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-ARRAH-MUFFASIL

INC 49.7%won by 31.1%PSP 18.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.4% to 31.1%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 18.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.3% of the vote between them, up from 48.7% — 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
21,714
Margin
6,750
31.09%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AMBIKA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC10,79049.7%
  2. 2RAM ISWAR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,04018.6%
  3. 3RAM SUBHAG SHUKLAIndependent · IND2,73912.6%
  4. 4RAM KUMAR SINGHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP1,8908.7%
  5. 5CHANDRASEKHAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,1815.4%
  6. 6SHEOLAKHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,0744.9%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−1.5%
INC share
32.6% → 49.7%
PSP share
0.0% → 18.6%
Turnout
— → —
179. Arrah181. Shahpur
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