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Punjab Lok Sabha 1957

Results board · 17 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StatePunjab
Seats
17
Constituencies
Majority
9
Seats needed of 17
Electors
92.09L
On the roll
Votes polled
71.84L
78.0% of electors
Median turnout
61.8%
Median of 17 seats
INC lead
+7
Above majority · 16 − 9

[01]Seat matrix

17 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 17 seats: INC 16, CPI 1. Majority line at 9 seats. Hemicycle of 17 seats: INC 16, CPI 1. Majority line at 9 seats.
Majority · 9 of 17INC 16 · +7 above majority
INC 1694.1% Indian National Congress
CPI 15.9% Communist Party of India

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 51.3%16 seats · 94.1%
CPI 16.8%1 seat · 5.9%
BJS 16.0%0 seats
SCF 4.1%0 seats
PSP 0.6%0 seats
Others 11.2%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 51.3% of votes into 94.1% of seats, a seat premium of 42.8 pp.

    16 ÷ 17 = 94.1% · 94.1 − 51.3 = +42.8

  2. BJS polled 16.0% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 17 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 16.0 = −16.0

  3. Turnout ran from 16.9% in Kangra to 69.5% in Rohtak; the median seat polled 61.8%.

    min / median / max over 17 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

17 of 17 seats carry a turnout
025507510061.8%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 15.9% of seats
50–60 741.2% of seats
60–70 952.9% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestKangra16.9%
  • HighestRohtak69.5%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

17 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Punjab Lok Sabha 1957, all 17 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
263 Kangra Daljit Singh Indian National Congress 2,86,822 not recorded not recorded 16.9
264 Ambala Subhdra Joshi Indian National Congress 9,20,446 not recorded not recorded 58.4
265 Kaithal Mool Chand Indian National Congress 2,56,120 not recorded not recorded 63.6
266 Rohtak Ranbir Singh Indian National Congress 2,73,698 not recorded not recorded 69.5
267 Jhajjar Partap Singh Communist Party of India 2,70,637 not recorded not recorded 64.1
268 Gurgaon Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Indian National Congress 2,86,774 not recorded not recorded 66.0
269 Mahendragarh Ram Krishan Indian National Congress 2,38,833 not recorded not recorded 52.8
270 Hissar Thakar Dass Bhargava Indian National Congress 2,34,599 not recorded not recorded 56.0
271 Ferozepur Iqbal Singh Indian National Congress 2,79,204 not recorded not recorded 65.2
272 Tarn Taran Surjit Singh Majithia Indian National Congress 2,63,853 not recorded not recorded 64.7
273 Amritsar Gurmukh Singh Musafir Indian National Congress 2,59,509 not recorded not recorded 62.7
274 Gurdaspur Dewan Chand Indian National Congress 2,50,561 not recorded not recorded 63.5
275 Hoshiarpur Baldev Singh Indian National Congress 2,63,751 not recorded not recorded 61.8
276 Jullundur Swaran Singh Indian National Congress 10,09,778 not recorded not recorded 59.2
277 Ludhiana Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 9,33,918 not recorded not recorded 57.9
278 Bhatinda Hukam Singh Indian National Congress 9,17,397 not recorded not recorded 53.4
279 Patiala Achint Ram Indian National Congress 2,37,930 not recorded not recorded 52.1
No seat carries a margin“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1957 · Punjab · 17 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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