Constituency
108. Chanda
Community mirrorBombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-CHANDA
INC 55.0%won by 10.1%IND 45.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.8% to 10.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 45.0% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.9% to 58.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,71,606
Turnout
58.6%
Valid votes
2,17,922
Margin
21,976
10.08%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SWAMI V. N.Indian National Congress · INC1,19,94955.0%
- 2LAL SHAMSHAH LAL BHAGWANSHAHIndependent · IND97,97345.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −51.7%
- INC share
- 61.8% → 55.0%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 45.0%
- Turnout
- 62.6% → 58.6%