Constituency
143. Surat
Community mirrorBombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-SURAT
INC 83.0%won by 66.0%IND 17.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1DESAI MORARJI RANCHHODJIIndian National Congress · INC1,90,56383.0%
- 2MEHTA DINKARRAO KRISHNALALIndependent · IND39,07617.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +37.6%
- INC share
- 28.3% → 83.0%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 17.0%
- Turnout
- 115.6% → 61.3%