Constituency
29. Alwar
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 1957
RJ-ALWAR
INC 49.4%won by 8.5%CPI 40.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.2% to 8.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 40.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
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
17,991
Margin
1,523
8.47%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1CHHOTU SINGHIndian National Congress · INC8,88949.4%
- 2RAMA NAND AGRAWALCommunist Party of India · CPI7,36640.9%
- 3GIRDHAR SHARMAIndependent · IND1,7369.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −56.0%
- INC share
- 64.5% → 49.4%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- — → —