1957 Indian general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1957_Indian_general_election
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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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1957 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:2nd_Lok_Sabha
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6