Elections Archive

GEN · Delhi 21

DELHI SADAR

Brahm Perkash (INC) won by 15,600 votes (13.3%).

Electors
1,72,245
Votes polled
1,17,007
Valid votes
1,17,007
Turnout
67.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1957-02-25

Margin vs 1957 national median: 13.3% (median 11.1%). Back to Delhi 21 · 1957 national · Target seats

Seat health

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

Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1967
Margin · 1971
27.3%(+21.0%)
Turnout
67.5%(-3.5%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
97.8%

Winning margin over time · DELHI SADAR

195719621967197127%

Candidates

Candidates · DELHI SADAR 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Brahm PerkashWinnerINC63,84854.6%
2Shyam Charan GuptaBJS48,24841.2%
3Hukam ChandIND1,4751.3%
4Gurcharan KaurIND1,3601.2%
5Sodhi Pindi DassIND1,1511.0%
6Tribhuvan Datt BhuvanIND9250.8%
7Jagan Nath S/o MayyaIND00.0%
7Jagan Nath S/o SaligIND00.0%

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