Constituency
142. Sorath
Community mirrorBombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-SORATH
INC 81.0%won by 62.1%HMS 19.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 44.6% to 62.1%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.2% to 46.8%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,30,799
Turnout
46.8%
Valid votes
1,54,686
Margin
96,012
62.07%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1NATHWANI NARENDRA PRAGJIIndian National Congress · INC1,25,34981.0%
- 2VASVADA UTAMKUMAR MOTILALHMS · HMS29,33719.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–HMS swing
- +17.4%
- INC share
- 72.3% → 81.0%
- HMS share
- 27.7% → 19.0%
- Turnout
- 54.0% → 46.8%