Election
Constituency

153. Raipur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

MP-RAIPUR

INC 52.8%won by 17.0%PSP 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: KMPP (KMPP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 23.3% to 52.8% of the vote here (+29.5%).
  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 35.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 74.2% — 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
25,909
Margin
4,408
17.01%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
KMPP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCPSP swing
−6.3%
INC share
23.3% 52.8%
PSP share
0.0% 35.8%
Turnout