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Constituency

287. Rohtak

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-ROHTAK

INC 38.3%won by 9.7%IND 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.4% to 9.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from ZP (ZP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.8% between them, down from 75.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
3,94,077
Turnout
69.5%
Valid votes
2,73,698
Margin
26,615
9.72%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−15.9%
INC share
42.7% 38.3%
IND share
17.1% 28.5%
Turnout
69.6% 69.5%