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Assam Lok Sabha 1957

Results board · 10 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateAssam
Seats
10
Constituencies
Majority
6
Seats needed of 10
Electors
44.95L
On the roll
Votes polled
22.93L
Summed over 9 of 10 seats
Median turnout
47.2%
Median of 9 seats
INC lead
+1
Above majority · 7 − 6

[01]Seat matrix

10 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 10 seats: INC 7, PSP 2, IND 1. Majority line at 6 seats. Hemicycle of 10 seats: INC 7, PSP 2, IND 1. Majority line at 6 seats.
Majority · 6 of 10INC 7 · +1 above majority
INC 770.0% Indian National Congress
PSP 220.0% Praja Socialist Party
IND 110.0% Independents

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 51.7%7 seats · 70.0%
PSP 20.0%2 seats · 20.0%
CPI 10.3%0 seats
Others 18.0%1 seat · 10.0%

Vote share not published

  • IND1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 51.7% of votes into 70.0% of seats, a seat premium of 18.3 pp.

    7 ÷ 10 = 70.0% · 70.0 − 51.7 = +18.3

  2. CPI polled 10.3% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 10 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 10.3 = −10.3

  3. Turnout ran from 29.8% in Autonomous Districts to 57.1% in Gauhati; the median seat polled 47.2%.

    min / median / max over 9 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

9 of 10 seats carry a turnout
025507510047.2%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 777.8% of seats
50–60 222.2% of seats
60–70 00.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestAutonomous Districts29.8%
  • HighestGauhati57.1%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

10 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Assam Lok Sabha 1957, all 10 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
36 Cachar Tewari Dwarika Nath Indian National Congress 3,93,379 not recorded not recorded 53.9
37 Autonomous DistrictsST Hynniewta, Hoover Independent 1,17,177 not recorded not recorded 29.8
38 Dhubri Ali Amjad Praja Socialist Party 1,74,713 not recorded not recorded 47.3
39 Goalpara Debi, Rani Manjula Indian National Congress 6,96,041 not recorded not recorded 44.4
40 Gauhati Barua, Hem Praja Socialist Party 2,40,121 not recorded not recorded 57.1
41 Darrang Bhagavati, Bijoy Chandra Indian National Congress not recorded not recorded not recorded not recorded
42 Nowgong Kataki, Liladhar Indian National Congress 1,92,740 not recorded not recorded 49.1
43 Jorhat Ahmed Mofida Indian National Congress 1,76,442 not recorded not recorded 47.2
44 Sibsagar Borua, Profulla Chandra Indian National Congress 1,64,601 not recorded not recorded 43.9
45 Dibrugarh Hazarika, Jogendra Nath Indian National Congress 1,37,398 not recorded not recorded 39.7
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 · Assam · 10 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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