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228. Salempur East

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

UP-SALEMPUR-EAST

INC 43.7%won by 19.9%PSP 23.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.8% to 19.9%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 23.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Multi-cornered5 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
30,115
Margin
6,000
19.92%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AYODHYA PD. ARYAIndian National Congress · INC13,15943.7%
  2. 2KAILASHPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,15923.8%
  3. 3RAMAYAN RAIIndependent · IND3,35411.1%
  4. 4RAM CHANDRA SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI3,31111.0%
  5. 5GANGA SARANIndependent · IND3,13210.4%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−18.3%
INC share
38.2% → 43.7%
PSP share
0.0% → 23.8%
Turnout
— → —
227. Sagri229. Salempur South
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