Constituency
103. Bombay City North
Community mirrorBombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-BOMBAY-CITY-NORTH
INC 58.1%won by 16.1%PSP 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 16.1%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 41.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 40.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 33.2% to 64.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,55,745
Turnout
64.9%
Valid votes
2,95,675
Margin
47,741
16.15%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1KRISHNA MENON VENGALIL KRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC1,71,70858.1%
- 2ALVARESH PETER AUGUSTUSPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,23,96741.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −4.7%
- INC share
- 20.8% → 58.1%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- 98.0% → 64.9%