Election
Constituency

97. Banaskantha

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Bombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-BANASKANTHA

INC 54.4%won by 8.8%IND 45.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.6% to 8.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 35.4%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
3,44,894
Turnout
35.4%
Valid votes
1,22,033
Margin
10,703
8.77%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−47.3%
INC share
65.2% 54.4%
IND share
9.1% 45.6%
Turnout
37.7% 35.4%