Constituency
145. Wardha
Community mirrorBombay · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-WARDHA
INC 68.1%won by 43.4%BJS 24.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1BAJAJ KAMALNAYAN JAMNALALIndian National Congress · INC1,91,73768.1%
- 2SHAH POPATLAL BHAICHANDBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS69,37424.6%
- 3DESHMUKH RUPRAO NILKANTHRAOIndependent · IND20,5757.3%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −10.3%
- INC share
- 60.8% → 68.1%
- BJS share
- 7.0% → 24.6%
- Turnout
- 61.0% → 63.5%