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104. Bombay City South

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Bombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-BOMBAY-CITY-SOUTH

INC 62.1%won by 26.5%BJS 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.1% to 26.5%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 81.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 11.3% to 63.7%.

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

Electorate
3,54,614
Turnout
63.7%
Valid votes
2,26,000
Margin
59,916
26.51%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−23.1%
INC share
49.6% 62.1%
BJS share
0.0% 35.6%
Turnout
52.4% 63.7%