Elections Archive

GEN · Bombay

BROACH

Bhat Chandrashankar Manishankar (INC) won by 17,726 votes (8.1%).

Electors
3,45,539
Votes polled
2,18,382
Valid votes
2,18,382
Turnout
63.2%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1957-02-25

Margin vs 1957 national median: 8.1% (median 11.1%). Back to Bombay · 1957 national · Target seats

Seat health

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

Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 1952
Margin · 1957
8.1%(-9.3%)
Turnout
63.2%(+8.3%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
100.0%

Winning margin over time · BROACH

1952195717%

Candidates

Candidates · BROACH 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bhat Chandrashankar ManishankarWinnerINC1,18,05454.1%
2Desai Suresh JamietramIND1,00,32845.9%

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