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187. Raipur

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-RAIPUR

INC 30.4%won by 0.7%INC 29.7%

What the numbers say

Derived

Decided by 4,168 votes (0.66%) — among the closest results anywhere.

  • Multi-cornered6 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
7,99,936
Turnout
79.3%
Valid votes
6,34,680
Margin
4,168
0.66%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAJA BIRENDRA BAHADUR SINGH (S. T. )Indian National Congress · INC1,92,83330.4%
  2. 2RANI KESHAR KUMARI DEVI (S. T. )Indian National Congress · INC1,88,66529.7%
  3. 3SINHA KASHIPRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP80,37812.7%
  4. 4BAJPAI SHEOKUMARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS68,57010.8%
  5. 5NAKCHHEDUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS52,2368.2%
  6. 6KHARE RADHESHYAMIndependent · IND33,6085.3%
  7. 7KANWALSINGHIndependent · IND18,3902.9%
186. Nimar (Khandwa)188. Rewa
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