Constituency

250. Shimoga

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-SHIMOGA

INC 65.4%won by 30.7%PSP 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.5% to 30.7%.

New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 69.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 21.2% to 53.9%.

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

Electorate

3,91,924

Turnout

53.9%

Valid votes

2,11,204

Margin

64,888

30.72%