Election
Constituency

216. Warsaliganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-WARSALIGANJ

INC 15.3%won by 0.8%INC 14.5%

What the numbers say

Derived

Decided by 603 votes (0.81%) — 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
74,447
Margin
603
0.81%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHETU RAM (SC)Indian National Congress · INC11,38215.3%
  2. 2RAMKISHUN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC10,77914.5%
  3. 3CHANDRIKA PRASAD SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,50912.8%
  4. 4AMRIT MANJHI (SC)Communist Party of India · CPI9,47212.7%
  5. 5JANKI MUSHAR (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP8,92512.0%
  6. 6DEONANDAN PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI8,61711.6%
  7. 7YADUNANDAN SHARMAIndependent · IND8,18311.0%
  8. 8BUNDI RAM PASI (SC)CNPSPJP · CNPSPJP4,2075.7%
  9. 9DR. HABIBCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP3,3734.5%
215. Nawada217. Rajauli
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