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191. Nokha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-NOKHA

INC 51.5%won by 18.9%PSP 32.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.7% to 18.9%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 32.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.1% of the vote between them, up from 62.8% — 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
26,216
Margin
4,965
18.94%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAGDISH PRASADIndian National Congress · INC13,50851.5%
  2. 2JADUBANS SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP8,54332.6%
  3. 3RADHA MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND2,61710.0%
  4. 4HIRDEYA NAND CHAUDHARYCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP1,1884.5%
  5. 5LAL MUNI CHAMAR (SC)Independent · IND3601.4%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−17.3%
INC share
36.2% → 51.5%
PSP share
0.0% → 32.6%
Turnout
— → —
190. Dehri192. Dinara
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