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Constituency

145. Wardha

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Bombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-WARDHA

INC 68.1%won by 43.4%BJS 24.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.1% to 43.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 63.5%.

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

Electorate
4,43,289
Turnout
63.5%
Valid votes
2,81,686
Margin
1,22,363
43.44%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−10.3%
INC share
60.8% 68.1%
BJS share
7.0% 24.6%
Turnout
61.0% 63.5%