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Constituency

102. Hoshangabad

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

MP-HOSHANGABAD

INC 43.9%won by 12.6%IND 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.2% to 12.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.1% of the vote between them, up from 62.1% — 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
15,659
Margin
1,979
12.64%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−25.5%
INC share
50.2% 43.9%
IND share
12.0% 31.2%
Turnout