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Bihar · PC 19 · 1958 by-election
Katihar
Winner — 1958 by-election
B. BISWAS
INC 54.5%PSP 31.4%1 other 14.1%
Votes
57,290
54.5% share
Winning margin
24,338
23.2% of votes
Total votes cast
1,05,085
Candidates
3
Seat history
All Candidates
3 candidates
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 comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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23.2%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Two or three
INC, PSP and an independent took 100% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.41 — 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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54.5%won by INC
INC 54.5%PSP 31.4%IND 14.1%
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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