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Constituency

113. Gohilwad

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Bombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-GOHILWAD

INC 56.7%won by 13.5%PSP 43.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.3% to 13.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 43.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
3,55,030
Turnout
41.0%
Valid votes
1,45,540
Margin
19,624
13.48%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−51.1%
INC share
64.6% 56.7%
PSP share
0.0% 43.3%
Turnout
40.0% 41.0%