Constituency

1. Kalimpong

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-KALIMPONG

IND 49.1%won by 15.5%IND 33.6%

What changed here

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The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 15.5%.

IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 49.1% of the vote here (+49.1%).
New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

12,500

Margin

1,941

15.53%

5 contested · winner IND

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