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56. Darbhanga

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-DARBHANGA

INC 48.8%won by 29.0%PSP 19.8%

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
7,98,390
Turnout
40.5%
Valid votes
3,23,395
Margin
93,671
28.96%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHREE NARAYAN DASSIndian National Congress · INC1,57,71048.8%
  2. 2ABDUL JALILPraja Socialist Party · PSP64,03919.8%
  3. 3NAGESHWAR MISHRAIndependent · IND50,46815.6%
  4. 4SURAJ CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND26,1348.1%
  5. 5HARISH CHANDRA MISHRAIndependent · IND25,0447.7%
  6. 6RAMESHWAR SAHUIndian National Congress · INC00.0%
55. Chatra57. Dhanbad
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