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Uttar Pradesh · PC 40 · 1959 by-election
Chandauli
Winner — 1959 by-election
P.N. SINGH
Socialist Party
SOC 53.0%INC 35.0%2 others 12.0%
Votes
1,04,133
53.0% share
Winning margin
35,387
18.0% of votes
Total votes cast
1,96,433
Candidates
4
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P.N. SINGH | SOC | 1,04,13353.0% |
| 2 | J.N. DUBEY | 68,74635.0% | |
| 3 | N. SINGH | 18,5129.4% | |
| 4 | H. TRIPATHI | IND | 5,0422.6% |
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 two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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18.0%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Two or three
SOC, INC and CPI took 97% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.42 — 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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53.0%won by SOC
SOC 53.0%INC 35.0%CPI 9.4%Others 2.6%
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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