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Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha 1957

Results board · 3 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateHimachal Pradesh
Seats
3
Constituencies
Majority
2
Seats needed of 3
Electors
6.72L
On the roll
Votes polled
3.63L
54.0% of electors
Median turnout
33.9%
Median of 3 seats
INC lead
+1
Above majority · 3 − 2

[01]Seat matrix

3 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 3 seats: INC 3. Majority line at 2 seats. Hemicycle of 3 seats: INC 3. Majority line at 2 seats.
Majority · 2 of 3INC 3 · +1 above majority
INC 3100.0% Indian National Congress

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 47.3%3 seats · 100.0%
PSP 11.8%0 seats
SCF 8.6%0 seats
CPI 2.7%0 seats
BJS 0.0%0 seats
Others 29.6%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 47.3% of votes into 100.0% of seats, a seat premium of 52.7 pp.

    3 ÷ 3 = 100.0% · 100.0 − 47.3 = +52.7

  2. PSP polled 11.8% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 3 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 11.8 = −11.8

  3. Turnout ran from 31.7% in Chamba to 50.3% in Mandi; the median seat polled 33.9%.

    min / median / max over 3 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

3 of 3 seats carry a turnout
025507510033.9%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 266.7% of seats
50–60 133.3% of seats
60–70 00.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestChamba31.7%
  • HighestMandi50.3%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

3 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha 1957, all 3 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
398 Mahasu Yeshwant Singh Indian National Congress 2,17,844 not recorded not recorded 33.9
399 Mandi Joginder Sen Indian National Congress 90,640 not recorded not recorded 50.3
400 Chamba Padam Dev Indian National Congress 54,157 not recorded not recorded 31.7
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 · Himachal Pradesh · 3 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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