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93. Jabalpur I

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

MP-JABALPUR-I

INC 53.8%won by 16.1%PSP 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.3% to 16.1%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.4% of the vote between them, up from 53.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
24,752
Margin
3,992
16.13%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KUNJILAL DHARAMDASIndian National Congress · INC13,31253.8%
  2. 2SAWAIMAL POOSMALPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,32037.7%
  3. 3ADITNARAYAN JAINARAYANIndependent · IND8253.3%
  4. 4RAMESHWARPRASAD PANNALALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7152.9%
  5. 5PRITAMLALRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP5802.3%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−14.6%
INC share
30.8% → 53.8%
PSP share
0.0% → 37.7%
Turnout
— → —
92. Patan94. Jablpur I I
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