Lok Sabha · 10 seats by-polled across 8 states
By-elections 1956
By-elections fill seats vacated mid-term. They are separate contests, not a general election: no government was formed and no majority was at stake, so these results are shown as a table rather than a map. All Lok Sabha elections →
Seats won
- INC990.0%
- IND110.0%
% = share of seats won, not of votes.
Assam · Bombay · Madras · Patiala and East Punjab States Union · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh · Vindhya Pradesh · West Bengal
Seats by-polled — 1956
10 seats| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gauhati PC 5 | D.N. SARMA | INC | 15,945 20.8% |
| Ahmedabad PC 6 | M.S. GANESH | INC | Unopposed no contest |
| Tiruvallur PC 26 | R.G. NAIDU | INC | 88,291 78.5% |
| Dharamapuri PC 32 | T.A.M.S. CHETTIAR | INC | 28,077 45.6% |
| Mohindergarh PC 1 | RAM KRISHAN | INC | 27,782 21.8% |
| Jaipur PC 11 | BANSI LAL | INC | 5,056 11.9% |
| Almora District (North PC 4 | BADRI DATT | INC | 10,706 25.8% |
| Shahdol Sidhi PC 1 | A.C. JOSHI | INC | 15,357 17.6% |
| Basirhat PC 20 | P.N. KAYAL | INC | Unopposed no contest |
| Calcutta North West PC 26 | M.K. MAITRA | IND | 33,073 24.2% |
Source: Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University