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66. Katihar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-KATIHAR

INC 51.9%won by 35.8%IND 16.1%

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
3,76,760
Turnout
40.1%
Valid votes
1,50,894
Margin
54,006
35.79%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AWADHESH KUMAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC78,28951.9%
  2. 2SAFIQUL HAQUEIndependent · IND24,28316.1%
  3. 3ARUN CHANDRA SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP21,16014.0%
  4. 4SHEIKH USMAN GANIIndependent · IND13,6289.0%
  5. 5RAJKISHORE SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI13,5349.0%
65. Jamshedpur67. Kesaria
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