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264. Leslieganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1957

BR-LESLIEGANJ

CNPSPJP 17.5%won by 0.4%INC 17.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to CNPSPJP (CNPSPJP), which now leads by 0.4%.

  • CNPSPJP vote shareCNPSPJP went from 0.0% to 17.5% of the vote here (+17.5%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 237 votes (0.37%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered9 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
64,207
Margin
237
0.37%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CNPSPJP
  1. 1RAM KRISHNA RAM (SC)CNPSPJP · CNPSPJP11,24217.5%
  2. 2RAJKISHORE SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,00517.1%
  3. 3RAM HULAS DUBEYCNPSPJP · CNPSPJP9,50114.8%
  4. 4RAMPATI DEVI (SC)Indian National Congress · INC8,84013.8%
  5. 5NAGESHWAR SINGHJai Hind Party · JHP7,14711.1%
  6. 6PHAKIRCHAND BHUIAN (SC)Jai Hind Party · JHP5,8159.1%
  7. 7MALDEO RAM (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP3,9706.2%
  8. 8JITU RAM (SC)Independent · IND3,4075.3%
  9. 9RAMAKANT BAJPAYEEPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,2805.1%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CNPSPJPflipped
CNPSPJP–INC swing
+20.4%
CNPSPJP share
0.0% → 17.5%
INC share
20.0% → 17.1%
Turnout
— → —
263. Bhawanathpur
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