Constituency
170. Bastar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-BASTAR
INC 77.2%won by 54.4%IND 22.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 54.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 17.0% to 77.2% of the vote here (+60.2%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.3% to 49.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,70,085
Turnout
49.4%
Valid votes
1,82,645
Margin
99,277
54.36%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SURTI KISTAIYA (S. T. )Indian National Congress · INC1,40,96177.2%
- 2BODA DARA (S. T. )Independent · IND41,68422.8%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +120.4%
- INC share
- 17.0% → 77.2%
- IND share
- 83.0% → 22.8%
- Turnout
- 55.6% → 49.4%