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Bihar · PC 45 · 1957

Palamau

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

GAJENDRA PD. SINHA
Indian National Congress
INC 40.8%CNSPJP 24.1%3 others 35.1%
Votes
47,202
40.8% share
Winning margin
19,380
16.8% of votes
Total votes cast
1,15,601
Candidates
5
Seat history
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All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GAJENDRA PD. SINHA
INC
47,20240.8%
2
RAMAWATAR SHARMA
CNSPJP
27,82224.1%
3
JHABBAN SINGH
JHP
17,51215.2%
4
RAM AKBAL SINGH
PSP
15,35413.3%
5
SREECHANDRA KHANNA
IND
7,7116.7%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

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lean
16.8%
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mean 13.0% · min 1.7% · max 46.1%

How contested is turnout?

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53%
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How crowded is the field?

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2.43
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How much NOTA?

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How often does it back the winner?

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matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

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2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.8%CNSPJP 24.1%JHP 15.2%PSP 13.3%IND 6.7%

Who ran, on record?

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Historical constituency — last contested in 1999. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.

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