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214. Bansdih West

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

UP-BANSDIH-WEST

INC 43.6%won by 22.4%IND 21.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.6% to 22.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
43,855
Margin
9,838
22.43%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHEO MANGAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC19,12743.6%
  2. 2BAIJNATH SINGHIndependent · IND9,28921.2%
  3. 3SHEO PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI7,80917.8%
  4. 4BIJAYA BAHADURIndependent · IND5,65912.9%
  5. 5RAM BAHADUR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,9714.5%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−7.8%
INC share
38.3% → 43.6%
IND share
8.1% → 21.2%
Turnout
— → —
213. Bansdih East215. Sikandrapur
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