Constituency
101. Bhir
Community mirrorBombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-BHIR
INC 53.2%won by 6.4%CPI 46.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: People'S Democratic Front (PDF) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 46.3% to 53.2% of the vote here (+6.9%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 46.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.8% to 32.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,77,932
Turnout
32.8%
Valid votes
1,24,103
Margin
7,923
6.38%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1RAKHAMAJI DHONDIBAIndian National Congress · INC66,01353.2%
- 2KASHINATH TATYABACommunist Party of India · CPI58,09046.8%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- −40.0%
- INC share
- 46.3% → 53.2%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 46.8%
- Turnout
- 36.6% → 32.8%