Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Patna East

Tarkeshwari Devi (INC) won by 32,850 votes (24.8%).

Electors
2,50,896
Votes polled
1,32,716
Valid votes
1,32,716
Turnout
52.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1952-03-27

Margin vs 1952 national median: 24.8% (median 14.5%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1952 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Safe (20%+)
Margin · 1952
24.8%
Turnout
52.9%
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
69.0%

Winning margin over time · Patna East

195225%

Candidates

Candidates · Patna East 1952
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tarkeshwari DeviWinnerINC62,23846.9%
2B. P. JawaharSP_ABBR129,38822.1%
3Sheelbhadrayajee Alias Laddu SharmaFBL(MG)27,07320.4%
4Jadunandan PrasadIND14,01710.6%

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