Constituency
290. Alwar
Community mirrorRajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-ALWAR
INC 60.4%won by 20.8%CPI 39.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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- 1SHOBHA RAMIndian National Congress · INC1,09,14460.4%
- 2KIRPA DAYALCommunist Party of India · CPI71,53539.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −35.3%
- INC share
- 56.1% → 60.4%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 39.6%
- Turnout
- 52.2% → 45.6%