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141. Sholapur

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Bombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-SHOLAPUR

INC 25.4%won by 0.6%IND 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: PWP (PWP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 20.3% to 25.4% of the vote here (+5.2%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.

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

Electorate
7,53,307
Turnout
98.9%
Valid votes
7,45,171
Margin
4,437
0.60%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SONAVANE TAYAPPA HARIIndian National Congress · INC1,89,55225.4%
  2. 2MORE JAYAWANT GHANSHYAMIndependent · IND1,85,11524.8%
  3. 3JADHAV TULSIDAS SUBHNARAOIndian National Congress · INC1,78,17523.9%
  4. 4BABAR SIDRAM BABAJIIndependent · IND1,62,98121.9%
  5. 5JOSHI KRISHNAJI WAMANRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP29,3483.9%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
PWP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
−19.7%
INC share
20.3% → 25.4%
IND share
0.0% → 24.8%
Turnout
97.3% → 98.9%
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