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Constituency

295. Kadipur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

UP-KADIPUR

INC 23.2%won by 0.6%INC 22.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.0% to 0.6%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 593 votes (0.57%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered6 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
1,04,073
Margin
593
0.57%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KASHI PRASADIndian National Congress · INC24,17023.2%
  2. 2SHANKER (SC)Indian National Congress · INC23,57722.7%
  3. 3JAGRAM (SC)Communist Party of India · CPI18,67917.9%
  4. 4KEDAR NATH SINGHIndependent · IND18,05417.3%
  5. 5CHANDRA BALI SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,2179.8%
  6. 6RAM LAL (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP9,3769.0%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–INC swing
0.0%
INC share
25.5% → 23.2%
INC share
25.5% → 23.2%
Turnout
— → —
294. Akbarpur296. Baraunsa
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