Constituency
104. Bombay City South
Community mirrorBombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-BOMBAY-CITY-SOUTH
INC 62.1%won by 26.5%BJS 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INCSince 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −23.1%
- INC share
- 49.6% → 62.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- 52.4% → 63.7%