Constituency
115. Chhindwara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957
MP-CHHINDWARA
INC 33.3%won by 4.2%INC 29.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 55.5% to 4.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 38.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.3% between them, down from 87.3% — the field split more ways.
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
48,433
Margin
2,050
4.23%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1NOKHELAL (SC)Indian National Congress · INC16,11433.3%
- 2VIDHYAWATI VIDYASHANKARIndian National Congress · INC14,06429.0%
- 3DURGA PRASAD GANPAT JAMBOLKARIndependent · IND5,68511.7%
- 4SUNDERLAL TIWARIPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,6359.6%
- 5CHAUDHARY GULABSINGHIndependent · IND4,2188.7%
- 6CHAITRAM BISNOO (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP3,7177.7%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 71.4% → 33.3%
- INC share
- 71.4% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- — → —