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Constituency

290. Alwar

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Rajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-ALWAR

INC 60.4%won by 20.8%CPI 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.9% to 20.8%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 39.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 77.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.6% to 45.6%.

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

Electorate
3,96,427
Turnout
45.6%
Valid votes
1,80,679
Margin
37,609
20.82%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHOBHA RAMIndian National Congress · INC1,09,14460.4%
  2. 2KIRPA DAYALCommunist Party of India · CPI71,53539.6%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−35.3%
INC share
56.1% 60.4%
CPI share
0.0% 39.6%
Turnout
52.2% 45.6%