Constituency
277. Gurgaon
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-GURGAON
INC 66.7%won by 33.4%BJS 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 30.4% to 33.4%.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 33.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 59.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,34,621
Turnout
66.0%
Valid votes
2,86,774
Margin
95,668
33.36%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1MAULANA ABDUL KALAM AZADIndian National Congress · INC1,91,22166.7%
- 2MOOL CHANDBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS95,55333.3%
- 3TAJ MOHAMMADIndependent · IND00.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −11.6%
- INC share
- 45.0% → 66.7%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- 66.0% → 66.0%