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Constituency

248. Silli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-SILLI

INC 34.1%won by 1.2%JHP 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.3% to 1.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from CNSPJP (CNSPJP) to Jai Hind Party (JHP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.0% of the vote between them, up from 61.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
18,923
Margin
223
1.18%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJHP swing
−16.0%
INC share
38.8% 34.1%
JHP share
21.6% 32.9%
Turnout