Indian general election, 1957

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:chiefElectionCommissioner	gptkb:Sukumar_Sen
gptkbp:country	gptkb:India
gptkbp:date	3 June 1957 24 February 1957 14 March 1957
gptkbp:district	403
gptkbp:firstPastThePost	true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Indian general election, 1957
gptkbp:mainCandidate	1,519
gptkbp:majoritySeats	248
gptkbp:mapType	Results by constituency
gptkbp:nextEdition	Indian general election, 1962
gptkbp:numberOfMultiMemberConstituencies	91
gptkbp:numberOfSingleMemberConstituencies	312
gptkbp:parliament	gptkb:2nd_Lok_Sabha
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh gptkb:Indian_National_Congress gptkb:Praja_Socialist_Party gptkb:Communist_Party_of_India gptkb:Independents
gptkbp:previousEdition	gptkb:Indian_general_election,_1951–52
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	494
gptkbp:seatsWonByBharatiyaJanaSangh	4
gptkbp:seatsWonByCommunistPartyOfIndia	27
gptkbp:seatsWonByIndependents	42
gptkbp:seatsWonByIndianNationalCongress	371
gptkbp:seatsWonByPrajaSocialistParty	19
gptkbp:totalVotesPolled	194,195,890
gptkbp:voterTurnout	45.44%
gptkbp:winner	gptkb:Indian_National_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:First_general_elections_in_India gptkb:Indian_general_elections_1951–52
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8