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183. Dumraon

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-DUMRAON

INC 25.3%won by 2.6%CNPSPJP 22.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.2% to 2.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCNPSPJP (CNPSPJP) finished second with 22.7% — it did not contest here in 1951.

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
29,390
Margin
759
2.58%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GANGA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,42725.3%
  2. 2VISHWANATH PD. SINGHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP6,66822.7%
  3. 3SARDAR HARIHAR SINGHIndependent · IND6,42721.9%
  4. 4YAMUNA PRASAD LALPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,32311.3%
  5. 5CHHOTAK SINGHIndependent · IND2,3778.1%
  6. 6JAGDISH PD. SINGHIndependent · IND1,7886.1%
  7. 7NAND BIHARI DUBEIndependent · IND1,3804.7%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CNPSPJP swing
−26.8%
INC share
29.4% → 25.3%
CNPSPJP share
0.0% → 22.7%
Turnout
— → —
182. Barhampur184. Nawanagar
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