Constituency
236. Bijapur South
Community mirrorMysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-BIJAPUR-SOUTH
INC 64.9%won by 29.8%IND 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.6% to 29.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1951.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,85,248
Turnout
63.3%
Valid votes
2,43,679
Margin
72,663
29.82%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INCSince 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −43.0%
- INC share
- 72.8% → 64.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- 64.0% → 63.3%