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235. Bijapur North

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-BIJAPUR-NORTH

IND 49.6%won by 6.1%INC 43.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 6.1%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 8.5% to 49.6% of the vote here (+41.1%).
  • 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
3,53,151
Turnout
50.4%
Valid votes
1,77,852
Margin
10,936
6.15%

Candidates

3 contested · winner IND
  1. 1SUGANDHI MURIGAPPA SIDDAPPAIndependent · IND88,20949.6%
  2. 2DUBEY RAJARAM GIRIDHARLALIndian National Congress · INC77,27343.4%
  3. 3BIRADAR BASAVANTAPPA MADIVALAPPAIndependent · IND12,3707.0%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+64.6%
IND share
8.5% → 49.6%
INC share
66.9% → 43.4%
Turnout
48.4% → 50.4%
234. Bellary236. Bijapur South
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