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Vindhya Pradesh · PC 1 · 1956 by-election
Shahdol Sidhi
Winner — 1956 by-election
A.C. JOSHI
INC 42.4%IND 24.7%3 others 32.9%
Votes
36,885
42.4% share
Winning margin
15,357
17.6% of votes
Total votes cast
87,014
Candidates
5
Seat history
All Candidates
5 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.C. JOSHI | 36,88542.4% | |
| 2 | PREMJI | IND | 21,52824.7% |
| 3 | TEJ RAJ | 11,99813.8% | |
| 4 | VISHWA NATH | RRP | 9,16110.5% |
| 5 | K.B. SINGH | IND | 7,4428.6% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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17.6%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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A crowded field
The top three took 81% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 3.59 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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42.4%won by INC
INC 42.4%IND 24.7%PSP 13.8%RRP 10.5%IND 8.6%
Historical constituency — last contested in 1951. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.