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188. Rewa

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-REWA

INC 29.7%won by 11.5%RRP 18.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 11.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from KMPP (KMPP) to Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party (RRP).
  • Multi-cornered7 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
3,95,851
Turnout
35.5%
Valid votes
1,40,385
Margin
16,087
11.46%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHIVA DATTAIndian National Congress · INC41,74529.7%
  2. 2RAM KUMAR SHASTRIRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP25,65818.3%
  3. 3MITRA RAMAIndependent · IND21,38115.2%
  4. 4ACHHELAL SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP15,90911.3%
  5. 5HIRA LALIndependent · IND11,6438.3%
  6. 6HUKUM CHANDBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,4808.2%
  7. 7RAM SAJIWAN SINGHIndependent · IND8,9026.3%
  8. 8BHOLA NATHIndependent · IND3,6672.6%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–RRP swing
−6.0%
INC share
27.2% → 29.7%
RRP share
9.7% → 18.3%
Turnout
34.4% → 35.5%
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