Constituency
178. Indore
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-INDORE
INC 62.6%won by 37.0%BJS 25.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 35.0% to 37.0%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,57,132
Turnout
45.9%
Valid votes
1,63,844
Margin
60,579
36.97%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KHADIWALA KANHAIYALALIndian National Congress · INC1,02,58962.6%
- 2KISHORILALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS42,01025.6%
- 3SHIVSHANKARIndependent · IND19,24511.7%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +2.0%
- INC share
- 61.3% → 62.6%
- BJS share
- 26.3% → 25.6%
- Turnout
- 46.1% → 45.9%