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Constituency

196. Sahar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-SAHAR

INC 48.2%won by 25.4%IND 22.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.2% to 25.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.9% of the vote between them, up from 59.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
22,327
Margin
5,676
25.42%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+14.3%
INC share
35.2% 48.2%
IND share
24.1% 22.7%
Turnout