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Constituency

229. Salempur South

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

UP-SALEMPUR-SOUTH

INC 30.7%won by 0.6%IND 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.5% to 0.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 60.7% of the vote between them, up from 42.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
36,861
Margin
214
0.58%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHEO BACHANIndian National Congress · INC11,30030.7%
  2. 2RAJA AUDESH PRATAP MALLIndependent · IND11,08630.1%
  3. 3SHER SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI6,84718.6%
  4. 4RAM NARESHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,02610.9%
  5. 5CHHEDI LALIndependent · IND1,9355.2%
  6. 6RAJ MANGAL MISRAIndependent · IND1,6674.5%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−13.2%
INC share
27.6% → 30.7%
IND share
13.8% → 30.1%
Turnout
— → —
228. Salempur East230. Salempur West
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