Close contests · 1957
Tightest races by winning margin for the 1957 general election.
| Constituency | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLUGONDA | Andhra Pradesh 27 | MISSULA SURYANARAYANA MURTHY (INC) | — (—) | 42 (0.0%) |
| CUDDALORE | Madras | T. D. MUTHUKUMARASAMY (IND) | S. RADHAKRISHNAN (INC) | 59 (0.0%) |
| GOALPARA | Assam | DEBI, RANI MANJULA (INC) | — (—) | 200 (0.0%) |
| CHIDAMBARAM | Madras | R. KANAGASABAI PILLAI (INC) | — (—) | 912 (0.1%) |
| KRISHNAGIRI | Madras | C. R. NARSIMHAN (INC) | G. D. NAIDU (IND) | 367 (0.3%) |
| Diamond Harbour | West Bengal | KANSARI HALDER (CPI) | — (—) | 2,519 (0.3%) |
| Bankura | West Bengal | PASHUPATI MANDAL (INC) | — (—) | 1,686 (0.3%) |
| Parvathipuram | Andhra Pradesh 27 | B. SATYANARAYANA (INC) | — (—) | 2,188 (0.4%) |
| Sambalpur | Orissa | BANAMALI KUMBHAR (GP) | — (—) | 2,153 (0.5%) |
| TELLI CHERRY | Kerala | M. K. JINACHANDRAN (INC) | POTTEKKATTU S. K. (IND) | 1,382 (0.5%) |
| MADURAI | Madras | K. T. K. THANGAMANI (CPI) | T. K. RAMA (INC) | 1,088 (0.5%) |
| Gonda | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | DINESH PRATAP SINGH (INC) | SHYAM BEHARI LAL (IND) | 898 (0.5%) |
| SHOLAPUR | Bombay | SONAVANE TAYAPPA HARI (INC) | — (—) | 4,437 (0.6%) |
| OUTER DELHI | Delhi 21 | NAVAL PRABHAKAR (INC) | — (—) | 2,875 (0.6%) |
| Raipur | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAJA BIRENDRA BAHADUR SINGH (S. T. ) (INC) | — (—) | 4,168 (0.7%) |
| Jaunpur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | GANPAT RAM (INC) | — (—) | 6,033 (0.8%) |
| KANGRA | Punjab | DALJIT SINGH (INC) | — (—) | 2,252 (0.8%) |
| TRIPURA | Tripura | DEB BARMA BANGSHI (INC) | — (—) | 4,454 (0.8%) |
| Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SINHASAN SINGH (INC) | — (—) | 5,206 (0.8%) |
| Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh 27 | KOMARRAJU ACHAMAMBA (INC) | TAMMINA POTHA RAJU (CPI) | 2,088 (0.9%) |
| GULBARGA | Mysore | MAHADEVAPPA YESHWANT RAO (INC) | — (—) | 4,802 (0.9%) |
| THANA | Bombay | MATERA LAXMAN MAHADYA (CPI) | — (—) | 7,572 (0.9%) |
| Burdwan | West Bengal | SUBIMAN GHOSE (FBM) | DURGAPADE CHAUDHURI (INC) | 2,050 (1.0%) |
| AHMEDABAD | Bombay | YAGNIK INDULAL KANAIYALAL (IND) | — (—) | 10,456 (1.1%) |
| MAHASU | Himachal Pradesh | YESHWANT SINGH (INC) | — (—) | 2,428 (1.1%) |
| Koraput | Orissa | R. JAGANNATH RAO (INC) | — (—) | 3,544 (1.1%) |
| Shahdol | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | ANAND CHANDRA JOSHI (INC) | — (—) | 4,474 (1.2%) |
| Thiruvalla | Kerala | VASUDEVAN NAIR P. K. (CPI) | GEORGE, P. S. (INC) | 3,607 (1.2%) |
| Shajapur | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | LILADHAR (INC) | — (—) | 7,174 (1.2%) |
| Outer Manipur | Manipur | RUNGSUNG SUISA (INC) | ATHIKHO DEHO (IND) | 1,014 (1.2%) |
| Kakinada | Andhra Pradesh 27 | B.S. MURTHY (INC) | — (—) | 9,440 (1.3%) |
| Hooghly | West Bengal | PROVAT KAR (CPI) | SACHINDRA CHOWDHURY (INC) | 2,973 (1.3%) |
| PUPARI | Bihar 1947 1999 | DIGVIJAYA NARAIN SINGH (INC) | THAKUR JUGAL KISHORE SINHA (PSP) | 2,721 (1.3%) |
| AKOLA | Bombay | KHEDKAR GOPALRAO BAJIRAO (INC) | — (—) | 13,088 (1.3%) |
| bharatpur | Rajasthan | RAJ BAHADUR (INC) | GIRRAJSARAN SINGH (IND) | 2,886 (1.3%) |
| Mirzapur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | J. N. WILSON (INC) | — (—) | 9,590 (1.4%) |
| GANJAM | Orissa | MOHAN NAYAK (INC) | — (—) | 7,501 (1.4%) |
| Bulandshahr | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | BALMIKI KANHAIYA LAL (INC) | — (—) | 12,790 (1.4%) |
| Contai | West Bengal | PRAMATHA NATH BANDOPADHAYA (PSP) | BASANTA K. DAS (INC) | 4,362 (1.6%) |
| Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | NARDEO (INC) | — (—) | 14,333 (1.6%) |
| Inner Manipur | Manipur | LAISRAM ACHOW SINGH (IND) | LAISRAM JUGESWAR SINGH (INC) | 1,510 (1.6%) |
| Ludhiana | Punjab | BAHADUR SINGH (INC) | — (—) | 15,702 (1.7%) |
| Cuttack | Orissa | NITYANANDA KANUNGO (INC) | SARANGADHAR DAS (PSP) | 3,150 (1.8%) |
| Unnao | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | VISHAMBHAR DAYAL (INC) | — (—) | 11,473 (1.8%) |
| Chapra | Bihar 1947 1999 | RAJENDRA SINGH (PSP) | LEELA DEVI VERMA (INC) | 2,948 (1.8%) |
| banswada | Rajasthan | BHOGJI (INC) | VELJI (IND) | 2,900 (1.8%) |
| Jullundur | Punjab | SWARAN SINGH (INC) | — (—) | 18,452 (1.8%) |
| Mukundapuram | Kerala | NARAYANANKUTTY MENON (CPI) | MADHAVAN E. K. (INC) | 5,645 (1.8%) |
| BOMBAY CITY CENTRAL | Bombay | S A Dange (CPI) | — (—) | 19,651 (1.9%) |
| TENKASI | Madras | M. SANKARAPANDIAN (INC) | N. SHANMUGAM (CPI) | 4,800 (1.9%) |
| Mainpuri | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | BANSI DAS DHANGAR (PSP) | BADSHAH (INC) | 3,830 (1.9%) |
| RANCHI EAST | Bihar 1947 1999 | M.R.MASANI (JHP) | MD. IBRAHIM ANSARI (INC) | 2,240 (2.0%) |
| Balasore | Orissa | KANHU CHARAN JENA (INC) | — (—) | 13,815 (2.0%) |
| KASERGOD | Kerala | GOPALAN AYILLATH KUTTIERI (CPI) | ACHUTHA SHENOY B. (IND) | 5,145 (2.0%) |
| Rajmahal | Bihar 1947 1999 | PAIKA MURMU (INC) | ROBERT SAMUEL BASERA (JHP) | 2,447 (2.1%) |
| Murshidabad | West Bengal | MUHAMMAD KHUDA BUKHSH (INC) | ABU K. M. ZAKARIA (PSP) | 4,395 (2.2%) |
| Barasat | West Bengal | ARUN CHANDRA GUHA (INC) | BHOWANI SANKAR SEN GUPTA (CPI) | 6,041 (2.2%) |
| Quilon | Kerala | KODIYAN (S. C. ) (CPI) | — (—) | 26,735 (2.2%) |
| Serampore | West Bengal | JITENDRA NATH LAHIRI (INC) | TUSAR CHATTOPADHYAY (CPI) | 5,534 (2.2%) |
| Bilhaur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | JAGDISH AWASTHI (IND) | VANKATESH NARAYAN TIVARY (INC) | 4,355 (2.3%) |
| Khammam | Andhra Pradesh 27 | VITTAL RAO (PDF) | KOLIPAK KISHAN RAO (INC) | 5,537 (2.3%) |
| Eluru | Andhra Pradesh 27 | KUMARI MOTHEY VEDA KUMARI (INC) | VEERAMACHINENI VIMALADEVI (CPI) | 5,220 (2.3%) |
| Basirhat | West Bengal | PARESH NATH KAYAL (INC) | — (—) | 19,828 (2.3%) |
| NAMAKKAL | Madras | E. V. K. SAMPATH (IND) | — (—) | 17,845 (2.3%) |
| Karimnagar | Andhra Pradesh 27 | M.R. KRISHNA (INC) | — (—) | 17,140 (2.3%) |
| VELLORE | Madras | N. R. MUNISAMY (INC) | — (—) | 18,245 (2.4%) |
| CHIKKODI | Mysore | KATTI DATTA APPA (SCF) | PATIL SHANKARAGOUDA VEERANGOUDA (INC) | 5,588 (2.5%) |
| Monghyr | Bihar 1947 1999 | BANARSI PD. SINHA (INC) | — (—) | 17,776 (2.7%) |
| Dumka | Bihar 1947 1999 | SURESH CHANDRA CHUDHURY (JHP) | — (—) | 15,644 (2.7%) |
| Saharsa | Bihar 1947 1999 | LALIT NARAIN MISHRA (INC) | — (—) | 16,566 (2.7%) |
| Trichur | Kerala | KRISHNAN (CPI) | BALAKRISHNA MARAR (INC) | 7,633 (2.7%) |
| Calcutta North West | West Bengal | ASOKE KUMAR SEN (INC) | MOHIT MAITRA (IND) | 5,927 (2.9%) |
| Madhubani | Bihar 1947 1999 | ANIRUDH SINGH (INC) | SURYA NARAIN SINGH (PSP) | 5,086 (2.9%) |
| MASULIPATNAM | Andhra Pradesh 27 | MANDALI VENKATA KRISHNA RAO (INC) | YEIAMANCHILLI NAGABHUSHANAM (IND) | 7,551 (2.9%) |
| WEST DINAJPUR | West Bengal | SELKU MARDI (INC) | — (—) | 17,884 (2.9%) |
| Faizabad | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAJA RAM (INC) | — (—) | 18,386 (3.0%) |
| Chhindwara | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | BHIKULAL LAKHMICHAND (INC) | — (—) | 15,279 (3.0%) |
| Moradabad | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAM SARAN (INC) | KHALIQ AHMAD (IND) | 6,356 (3.1%) |
| Cuddapah | Andhra Pradesh 27 | V. RAMI REDDY (INC) | YEDDULA ESWARA REDDY (CPI) | 6,256 (3.2%) |
| Nellore | Andhra Pradesh 27 | B. ANJANAPPA (INC) | — (—) | 20,044 (3.2%) |
| BHANDARA | Bombay | WASNIK BALKRISHNA RAMCHANDRA (INC) | — (—) | 29,171 (3.3%) |
| Adilabad | Andhra Pradesh 27 | K. ASHANNA (INC) | C. MADHAV REDDY (PSP) | 5,912 (3.3%) |
| Nalgonda | Andhra Pradesh 27 | D. VENKATESWAR RAO (PDF) | — (—) | 29,477 (3.4%) |
| Ghosi | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | UMRAO SINGH (INC) | DR. ZAINUL ABDIN AHMED (CPI) | 7,567 (3.5%) |
| Cooch Behar | West Bengal | SANTOSH BANERJEE (INC) | — (—) | 27,211 (3.5%) |
| Kendrapara | Orissa | SURENDRANATH DWIVEDY (PSP) | BHARRAB CHANDRA MAHANTY (INC) | 27,028 (3.6%) |
| Asansol | West Bengal | MONO MOHAN DAS (INC) | — (—) | 22,649 (3.6%) |
| Ernakulam | Kerala | THOMAS ( ALUNGAL ) (INC) | ABDUL KADAR (IND) | 10,623 (3.6%) |
| MAHBUBABAD | Andhra Pradesh 27 | E. MADHUSUDHAN RAO (INC) | SARVADEVABHATLA RAMANADHAM (PDF) | 7,256 (3.6%) |
| Sitapur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | PRAGI LAL (INC) | — (—) | 29,461 (3.7%) |
| NAGAPATTINAM | Madras | K. R. SAMBANDAM (INC) | — (—) | 35,385 (3.8%) |
| Trivandrum | Kerala | EASWARA IYER (IND) | THANU PILLAI A (PSP) | 10,944 (3.8%) |
| Farrukhabad | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | MUL CHAND (INC) | BHARAT SINGH (PSP) | 9,471 (3.8%) |
| Jaipur | Rajasthan | HARISH CHANDRA (IND) | SADIQ ALI (INC) | 4,504 (3.8%) |
| Deoria | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAMJI VERMA (PSP) | VISHWA NATH (INC) | 5,967 (3.9%) |
| Hajipur | Bihar 1947 1999 | RAJESHWAR PATEL (INC) | — (—) | 28,341 (4.0%) |
| Khajuraho | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | MOTILAL MALVIYA (INC) | — (—) | 21,864 (4.1%) |
| Baloda Bazar | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | MINIMATA (INC) | — (—) | 22,117 (4.2%) |
| Begusarai | Bihar 1947 1999 | MATHURA PRASAD MISHRA (INC) | BRAHMADEO PD. SINGH (PSP) | 9,220 (4.2%) |
| Bathinda | Punjab | HUKAM SINGH (INC) | — (—) | 38,950 (4.2%) |
| Constituency | Category | Winner | Runner-up | Vote share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLUGONDA | GEN | Missula Suryanarayana Murthy (inc) | — | — | 42 (0.0%) | — |
| CUDDALORE | GEN | T. D. Muthukumarasamy (ind) | — | — | 59 (0.0%) | — |
| GOALPARA | GEN | Debi, Rani Manjula (inc) | — | — | 200 (0.0%) | — |
| CHIDAMBARAM | GEN | R. Kanagasabai Pillai (inc) | — | — | 912 (0.1%) | — |
| KRISHNAGIRI | GEN | C. R. Narsimhan (inc) | — | — | 367 (0.3%) | — |
| Diamond Harbour | GEN | Kansari Halder (cpi) | — | — | 2,519 (0.3%) | — |
| Bankura | GEN | Pashupati Mandal (inc) | — | — | 1,686 (0.3%) | — |
| Parvathipuram | GEN | B. Satyanarayana (inc) | — | — | 2,188 (0.4%) | — |
| Sambalpur | GEN | Banamali Kumbhar (gp) | — | — | 2,153 (0.5%) | — |
| TELLI CHERRY | GEN | M. K. Jinachandran (inc) | — | — | 1,382 (0.5%) | — |
| MADURAI | GEN | K. T. K. Thangamani (cpi) | — | — | 1,088 (0.5%) | — |
| Gonda | GEN | Dinesh Pratap Singh (inc) | — | — | 898 (0.5%) | — |
| SHOLAPUR | GEN | Sonavane Tayappa Hari (inc) | — | — | 4,437 (0.6%) | — |
| OUTER DELHI | GEN | Naval Prabhakar (inc) | — | — | 2,875 (0.6%) | — |
| Raipur | GEN | Raja Birendra Bahadur Singh (s. T. ) (inc) | — | — | 4,168 (0.7%) | — |
| Jaunpur | GEN | Ganpat Ram (inc) | — | — | 6,033 (0.8%) | — |
| KANGRA | GEN | Daljit Singh (inc) | — | — | 2,252 (0.8%) | — |
| TRIPURA | GEN | Deb Barma Bangshi (inc) | — | — | 4,454 (0.8%) | — |
| Gorakhpur | GEN | Sinhasan Singh (inc) | — | — | 5,206 (0.8%) | — |
| Vijayawada | GEN | Komarraju Achamamba (inc) | — | — | 2,088 (0.9%) | — |
| GULBARGA | GEN | Mahadevappa Yeshwant Rao (inc) | — | — | 4,802 (0.9%) | — |
| THANA | GEN | Matera Laxman Mahadya (cpi) | — | — | 7,572 (0.9%) | — |
| Burdwan | GEN | Subiman Ghose (fbm) | — | — | 2,050 (1.0%) | — |
| AHMEDABAD | GEN | Yagnik Indulal Kanaiyalal (ind) | — | — | 10,456 (1.1%) | — |
| MAHASU | GEN | Yeshwant Singh (inc) | — | — | 2,428 (1.1%) | — |
| Koraput | GEN | R. Jagannath Rao (inc) | — | — | 3,544 (1.1%) | — |
| Shahdol | GEN | Anand Chandra Joshi (inc) | — | — | 4,474 (1.2%) | — |
| Thiruvalla | GEN | Vasudevan Nair P. K. (cpi) | — | — | 3,607 (1.2%) | — |
| Shajapur | GEN | Liladhar (inc) | — | — | 7,174 (1.2%) | — |
| Outer Manipur | GEN | Rungsung Suisa (inc) | — | — | 1,014 (1.2%) | — |
| Kakinada | GEN | B.S. Murthy (inc) | — | — | 9,440 (1.3%) | — |
| Hooghly | GEN | Provat Kar (cpi) | — | — | 2,973 (1.3%) | — |
| PUPARI | GEN | Digvijaya Narain Singh (inc) | — | — | 2,721 (1.3%) | — |
| AKOLA | GEN | Khedkar Gopalrao Bajirao (inc) | — | — | 13,088 (1.3%) | — |
| bharatpur | GEN | Raj Bahadur (inc) | — | — | 2,886 (1.3%) | — |
| Mirzapur | GEN | J. N. Wilson (inc) | — | — | 9,590 (1.4%) | — |
| GANJAM | GEN | Mohan Nayak (inc) | — | — | 7,501 (1.4%) | — |
| Bulandshahr | GEN | Balmiki Kanhaiya Lal (inc) | — | — | 12,790 (1.4%) | — |
| Contai | GEN | Pramatha Nath Bandopadhaya (psp) | — | — | 4,362 (1.6%) | — |
| Aligarh | GEN | Nardeo (inc) | — | — | 14,333 (1.6%) | — |
| Inner Manipur | GEN | Laisram Achow Singh (ind) | — | — | 1,510 (1.6%) | — |
| Ludhiana | GEN | Bahadur Singh (inc) | — | — | 15,702 (1.7%) | — |
| Cuttack | GEN | Nityananda Kanungo (inc) | — | — | 3,150 (1.8%) | — |
| Unnao | GEN | Vishambhar Dayal (inc) | — | — | 11,473 (1.8%) | — |
| Chapra | GEN | Rajendra Singh (psp) | — | — | 2,948 (1.8%) | — |
| banswada | GEN | Bhogji (inc) | — | — | 2,900 (1.8%) | — |
| Jullundur | GEN | Swaran Singh (inc) | — | — | 18,452 (1.8%) | — |
| Mukundapuram | GEN | Narayanankutty Menon (cpi) | — | — | 5,645 (1.8%) | — |
| BOMBAY CITY CENTRAL | GEN | S A Dange (cpi) | — | — | 19,651 (1.9%) | — |
| TENKASI | GEN | M. Sankarapandian (inc) | — | — | 4,800 (1.9%) | — |
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