1957 Indian general election

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:chiefElectionCommissioner	gptkb:Sukumar_Sen
gptkbp:country	gptkb:India
gptkbp:date	1957
gptkbp:district	403
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:1962_Indian_general_election
gptkbp:mainCandidate	1,519
gptkbp:mainElectionFor	gptkb:Lok_Sabha
gptkbp:majoritySeats	248
gptkbp:notableFor	INC won 371 out of 494 seats first time some states had double-member constituencies second general election in India first election with reorganization of states on linguistic basis
gptkbp:numberOfDoubleMemberConstituencies	91
gptkbp:numberOfSingleMemberConstituencies	312
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:1951–52_Indian_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	494
gptkbp:seatsWonBy	gptkb:Indian_National_Congress gptkb:Praja_Socialist_Party gptkb:Communist_Party_of_India
gptkbp:type	parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout	45.44%
gptkbp:votingSystem	193,652,179
gptkbp:winner	gptkb:Indian_National_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Combined_Opposition_Parties gptkb:1962_Indian_general_election gptkb:2nd_Lok_Sabha
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1957 Indian general election