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Bihar · PC 9 · 1957 by-election
Muzaffarpur
Winner — 1957 by-election
A. MEHTA
PSP 49.0%CPI 35.1%2 others 15.9%
Votes
50,783
49.0% share
Winning margin
14,442
13.9% of votes
Total votes cast
1,03,546
Candidates
4
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. MEHTA | 50,78349.0% | |
| 2 | K.P. SINHA | 36,34135.1% | |
| 3 | D. SAHAYA | IND | 11,38311.0% |
| 4 | R. SAHNI | IND | 5,0394.9% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A clear win, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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13.9%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Two or three
PSP, CPI and an independent took 95% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.64 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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49.0%won by PSP
PSP 49.0%CPI 35.1%IND 11.0%Others 4.9%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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