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Bombay · PC 20 · 1957
Surat
Winner — Lok Sabha 1957
DESAI MORARJI RANCHHODJI
INC 83.0%IND 17.0%
Votes
1,90,563
83.0% share
Winning margin
1,51,487
66.0% of votes
Total votes cast
2,29,639
Candidates
2
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DESAI MORARJI RANCHHODJI | 1,90,563 | 83.0% | |
| 2 | MEHTA DINKARRAO KRISHNALAL | IND | 39,076 | 17.0% |
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.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe66.0%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 55.9% · min 45.9% · max 66.0%
How contested is turnout?
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61%
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How crowded is the field?
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1.39
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDHow often does it back the winner?
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— NOT REPORTEDmatches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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1.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 83.0%IND 17.0%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDHistorical constituency — last contested in 1957. 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.