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Constituency

143. Surat

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Bombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-SURAT

INC 83.0%won by 66.0%IND 17.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 66.0%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 17.0% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 55.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 54.3% to 61.3%.

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

Electorate
3,74,614
Turnout
61.3%
Valid votes
2,29,639
Margin
1,51,487
65.97%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+37.6%
INC share
28.3% 83.0%
IND share
0.0% 17.0%
Turnout
115.6% 61.3%