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Analysis · side by side

The states, ranked

Lok Sabha 1957. 9 states and union territories, 109 seats, ranked side by side.

States compared
9
1957 · 109 seats in total
Highest turnout
127.13%
Tripura
Lowest turnout
51.0%
Assam
Closest contests
%
— · median margin
Most crowded ballot
7.0
Tripura · candidates per seat

[01]Turnout

Votes as a share of electors · 1957
Tripura 127.13%1 seats
Kerala 80.51%16 seats
Punjab 78.01%17 seats
West Bengal 68.61%28 seats
Odisha 55.62%14 seats
Himachal Pradesh 53.97%3 seats
Rajasthan 53.16%18 seats
Manipur 52.72%2 seats
Assam 51.0%10 seats

[02]How close the contests were

Median winning margin · closest first

[04]Candidates per seat

How crowded the ballot paper was
Tripura 7.07 candidates
Himachal Pradesh 6.018 candidates
Manipur 5.511 candidates
Punjab 5.085 candidates
Rajasthan 4.479 candidates
Odisha 4.157 candidates
Kerala 3.860 candidates
West Bengal 3.6101 candidates
Assam 3.131 candidates

[05]Party fragmentation

Effective number of parties by vote share · most fragmented first
Odisha 3.55 of 5 parties won
Kerala 3.44 of 5 parties won
West Bengal 3.45 of 7 parties won
Punjab 3.02 of 6 parties won
Himachal Pradesh 3.01 of 6 parties won
Assam 2.93 of 4 parties won
Rajasthan 2.62 of 6 parties won
Manipur 2.62 of 4 parties won
Tripura 2.41 of 3 parties won

[06]Deposits lost

Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote
Himachal Pradesh 55.56%10 of 18
Punjab 49.41%42 of 85
Rajasthan 48.1%38 of 79
Tripura 42.86%3 of 7
Kerala 36.67%22 of 60
Manipur 36.36%4 of 11
Odisha 35.09%20 of 57
West Bengal 28.71%29 of 101
Assam 25.81%8 of 31

[07]Computed insights

Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary
  1. Turnout ranged from 127.13% in Tripura to 51.0% in Assam — a spread of 76.13 points.

    127.13 - 51.0 across 9 states
  2. Tripura had the most crowded ballot at 7.0 candidates a seat, and 42.86% of them lost their deposit.

    7 candidates over 1 seats
  3. 2 states and UTs returned a clean sweep — every seat went to a single party.

    2 of 9 scopes with PartiesWon = 1
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