Constituency
172. Bilaspur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-BILASPUR
INC 42.4%won by 12.1%RRP 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 42.4% of the vote here (+42.4%).
- New challengerRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party (RRP) finished second with 30.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.7% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 35.0% to 35.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,94,210
Turnout
35.0%
Valid votes
1,37,817
Margin
16,714
12.13%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RESHAMLALIndian National Congress · INC58,45642.4%
- 2SURAJNATH PANDEYRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP41,74230.3%
- 3KANHAIYALAL GAJANAN PATHAKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS25,94718.8%
- 4RAMLAL SAOIndependent · IND11,6728.5%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–RRP swing
- +12.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 42.4%
- RRP share
- 0.0% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- 0.0% → 35.0%