Constituency
255. Delhi Sadar
Community mirrorNct of Delhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-DELHI-SADAR
INC 54.6%won by 13.3%BJS 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.0% to 13.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.7% to 67.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,72,245
Turnout
67.9%
Valid votes
1,17,007
Margin
15,600
13.33%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1BRAHM PERKASHIndian National Congress · INC63,84854.6%
- 2SHYAM CHARAN GUPTABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS48,24841.2%
- 3HUKAM CHANDIndependent · IND1,4751.3%
- 4GURCHARAN KAURIndependent · IND1,3601.2%
- 5SODHI PINDI DASSIndependent · IND1,1511.0%
- 6TRIBHUVAN DATT BHUVANESHIndependent · IND9250.8%
- 7JAGAN NATH S/O MAYYA DASSIndependent · IND00.0%
- 8JAGAN NATH S/O SALIG RAMIndependent · IND00.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −9.6%
- INC share
- 59.6% → 54.6%
- BJS share
- 36.6% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- 58.2% → 67.9%