Election
Constituency

165. Ghatampur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

UP-GHATAMPUR

INC 17.7%won by 0.3%INC 17.4%

What the numbers say

Derived

Decided by 453 votes (0.28%) — among the closest results anywhere.

  • Multi-cornered8 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
1,63,640
Margin
453
0.28%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAWALA PRASAD (SC)Indian National Congress · INC28,95217.7%
  2. 2BRIJ BIHARI MEHROTRAIndian National Congress · INC28,49917.4%
  3. 3SHEO NATH SINGHIndependent · IND24,35514.9%
  4. 4GOVARDHAN (SC)Independent · IND20,71312.7%
  5. 5DR. GAURI SHANKARIndependent · IND19,47711.9%
  6. 6LALLU PRASAD (SC)Independent · IND15,6549.6%
  7. 7GANGA SAHAI CHAUBEYPraja Socialist Party · PSP13,4078.2%
  8. 8ROSHAN LAL (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP12,5837.7%
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