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Bombay · Assembly Constituency 11 · 1957

Rajkot

19511957

Winner — 1957

SHAH JAYSUKHLAL KARSHANJI
INC· INC
INC 62.7%BJS 30.0%3 others 7.3%
Votes
16,420
62.7% share
Winning margin
8,550
32.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
40.1%
of 65,282

Rajkot is a safe seat — SHAH JAYSUKHLAL KARSHANJI won by 32.6%.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1951 vs 1957

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAH JAYSUKHLAL KARSHANJI
INC
16,42062.7%
2
NATHVANI VALJI THAKARSHI
BJS
7,87030.0%
3
PORIYA TULSIDAS DHARAMSHI
IND
1,0013.8%
4
ANANDKAT NAROTTAM TRIBHOVAN
IND
7592.9%
5
ROYDA BALCHAND JETHALAL
IND
1570.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (277th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 32.3% · min 31.9% · max 32.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
40%
lowerhigher
277th of 339

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
152nd of 339

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
396 seats · 199 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 62.7%BJS 30.0%OTH 7.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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