Elections Archive

GEN · Assam

CACHAR

Tewari Dwarika Nath (INC) won by 2,19,704 votes (55.9%).

Electors
7,29,793
Votes polled
3,93,379
Valid votes
3,93,379
Turnout
53.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1957-02-25

Margin vs 1957 national median: 55.9% (median 11.1%). Back to Assam · 1957 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 1967
Margin · 1971
31.6%(+7.9%)
Turnout
41.4%(-3.5%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
69.5%

Winning margin over time · CACHAR

195719621967197156%

Candidates

Candidates · CACHAR 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tewari Dwarika NathWinnerINC2,19,70455.9%
1Laskar, Nibaran ChandraWinnerINC00.0%
3Dev Dhirendra MohanIND1,73,67544.1%

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