JagadalpurAssembly by-election result, 1959
V.D.M.B.D. Mishra (Independent) won Jagadalpur in the 1959 assembly by-election with 62.1% of the vote, beating K.B.B. Singh (Independent) by 17,655 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1957 election. In 1951, seat no. 149 was Arvi. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 1957. From 1962, seat no. 149 is Kawardha. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — V.D.M.B.D. MISHRA won by 44.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V.D.M.B.D. MISHRA IND | IND | 24,52762.1% |
| 2 | K.B.B. SINGH IND | IND | 6,87217.4% |
| 3 | M. KADI IND | IND | 5,56514.1% |
| 4 | K. CHOTELAL IND | IND | 2,5376.4% |
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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
An independent and an independent took 79% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.27 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2008. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2008, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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Who has won Jagadalpur, 1957
- 1957MAHARAJA PRAVIRCHANDRA DEO (INC) and 1 more: a 2-member seat