Salempur
Winner — Lok Sabha 1957
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BISHWANATH ROY | 62,771 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | UMA SHANKER | IND | 33,192 | 20.4% |
| 3 | RAMJI BHAI | IND | 24,643 | 15.1% |
| 4 | PRATAP KUMAR TANDON | 15,874 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | JAGAT NARAIN | 15,063 | 9.2% | |
| 6 | RAMA SHANKER | 11,547 | 7.1% |
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.
High turnout (16th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
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Figures are for Hamirpur, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.
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Brahm Tal, an extensive tank whose embankment has a ruined Chandel temple & a lake with the ruins…
Brahm Tal, an extensive tank whose embankment has a ruined Chandel temple & a lake with the ruins of a baithak,
Certain mounds covered with broken statues and sculptures,
Certain mounds covered with broken statues and sculptures,
Chakariya Dai carving of a woman with a child in her arm,
Chakariya Dai carving of a woman with a child in her arm,
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