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57. Dhanbad

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-DHANBAD

INC 48.1%won by 27.7%CPI 20.4%

What the numbers say

Derived

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

  • 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
4,20,606
Turnout
33.2%
Valid votes
1,39,548
Margin
38,659
27.70%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRABHAT CHANRA BOSEIndian National Congress · INC67,09548.1%
  2. 2KANAI LAL PALCommunist Party of India · CPI28,43620.4%
  3. 3MASHESH DESAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP27,11619.4%
  4. 4KAMTA PD. MAHTOJai Hind Party · JHP16,90112.1%
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