Indian general elections 1957

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Indian_general_elections_1957
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:commissioner gptkb:Sukumar_Sen
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 24 February 1957
gptkbp:district 403
gptkbp:endDate 9 June 1957
gptkbp:firstPastThePost true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indian general elections 1957
gptkbp:mainCandidate 1,519
gptkbp:majoritySeats 248
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:Indian_general_elections_1962
gptkbp:numberOfMultiMemberConstituencies 91
gptkbp:numberOfSingleMemberConstituencies 312
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_elections_1951–52
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 494
gptkbp:seatsWonByBJS 4
gptkbp:seatsWonByCPI 27
gptkbp:seatsWonByINC 371
gptkbp:seatsWonByIndependents 42
gptkbp:seatsWonByPSP 19
gptkbp:stateElectorate 429,462,229
gptkbp:totalVotesCast 194,195,626
gptkbp:voterTurnout 45.44%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Indian_National_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Praja_Socialist_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6