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Uttar Pradesh · PC 1 · 1957 by-election
Almora
Winner — 1957 by-election
J.B. SINGH
INC 48.2%BJS 38.6%2 others 13.1%
Votes
34,745
48.2% share
Winning margin
6,886
9.6% of votes
Total votes cast
72,073
Candidates
4
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.B. SINGH | 34,74548.2% | |
| 2 | S.S. JINA | 27,85938.6% | |
| 3 | P. NAND | 7,65010.6% | |
| 4 | S. DATT | IND | 1,8192.5% |
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 clear win, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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9.6%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Two or three
INC, BJS and PSP took 97% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.54 — 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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48.2%won by INC
INC 48.2%BJS 38.6%PSP 10.6%Others 2.5%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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