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185. Buxar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BUXAR

INC 38.0%won by 15.8%PSP 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.0% to 15.8%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 22.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 60.2% of the vote between them, up from 39.1% — 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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Valid votes
28,403
Margin
4,476
15.76%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHEOKUMAR THAKURIndian National Congress · INC10,79338.0%
  2. 2RAMNARESH SINHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,31722.2%
  3. 3RAGHUNATH SINGHIndependent · IND3,05910.8%
  4. 4SHRIKAMAL KOIRIIndependent · IND2,5018.8%
  5. 5UMANATH CHAUBEYIndependent · IND2,1687.6%
  6. 6CHATURBHUJ ACHARYAIndependent · IND2,0357.2%
  7. 7RAJADHARI CHAMARIndependent · IND1,5305.4%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−6.3%
INC share
22.0% → 38.0%
PSP share
0.0% → 22.2%
Turnout
— → —
184. Nawanagar186. Ramgarh
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