Election
Constituency

7. Badarpur

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Assam Assembly Election, 1957

AS-BADARPUR

INC 53.2%won by 8.7%PSP 44.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.6% to 8.7%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 44.4% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 61.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
27,929
Margin
2,442
8.74%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−33.1%
INC share
41.8% 53.2%
PSP share
0.0% 44.4%
Turnout