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205. Rafiganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-RAFIGANJ

INC 42.8%won by 21.3%IND 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 21.3%.

  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
22,292
Margin
4,742
21.27%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SARJOO PRASAD SINHAIndian National Congress · INC9,54442.8%
  2. 2JAGDISH CHANDRA YADAVIndependent · IND4,80221.5%
  3. 3RAMBILASH SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,07513.8%
  4. 4KUMAR SUMAIR SINGHCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP2,66712.0%
  5. 5MUNDRIKA SINGHIndependent · IND2,2049.9%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+20.4%
INC share
31.2% → 42.8%
IND share
30.4% → 21.5%
Turnout
— → —
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