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36. Dewas

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

MP-DEWAS

INC 23.1%won by 0.4%INC 22.7%

What the numbers say

Derived

Decided by 325 votes (0.41%) — among the closest results anywhere.

  • Multi-cornered7 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
78,551
Margin
325
0.41%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BAPULAL KISHAN (SC)Indian National Congress · INC18,13323.1%
  2. 2PATWARDHAN ANANT SADASHIVIndian National Congress · INC17,80822.7%
  3. 3BHERA PUNA (SC)Bharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,50818.5%
  4. 4CHHATARSINGH SAJJANSINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,02816.6%
  5. 5VERMA HARKISHORE KASHMIRILALPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,5877.1%
  6. 6NANURAM PRATAB (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP5,5197.0%
  7. 7PARMANAND BHERULALIndependent · IND3,9685.1%
35. Kannod37. Sonkatch
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