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188. Bhabhua

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-BHABHUA

INC 20.4%won by 0.1%INC 20.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.0% to 0.1%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 98 votes (0.08%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered8 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,16,415
Margin
98
0.08%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DULAR CHAND RAM (SC)Indian National Congress · INC23,76920.4%
  2. 2ALIWARIS KHANIndian National Congress · INC23,67120.3%
  3. 3RAMSAKA SINGHIndependent · IND14,66912.6%
  4. 4SHEO PARIKSHA SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP13,74511.8%
  5. 5BHAGAT DUSADH (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP13,39911.5%
  6. 6RAMKESHI PRASAD (SC)Independent · IND10,6719.2%
  7. 7DEONATH SINGHIndependent · IND8,4817.3%
  8. 8RAJ MOHAN UPADHYAIndependent · IND8,0106.9%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–INC swing
0.0%
INC share
22.3% → 20.4%
INC share
22.3% → 20.4%
Turnout
— → —
187. Mohania189. Sasaram
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