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48. Banka

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-BANKA

INC 51.2%won by 35.5%JHP 15.7%

What the numbers say

Derived

Indian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

  • 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
3,89,809
Turnout
39.5%
Valid votes
1,54,018
Margin
54,659
35.49%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHAKUNTALA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC78,85751.2%
  2. 2RAJESHWAR PRASAD CHAUDHURYJai Hind Party · JHP24,19815.7%
  3. 3BHUBNESHWAR JHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP20,00213.0%
  4. 4SUKHNARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND15,74410.2%
  5. 5THAKUR NARSINGH PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND15,2179.9%
47. Bagaha49. Barh
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