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Constituency

5. Jalpaiguri

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-JALPAIGURI

INC 26.9%won by 0.5%INC 26.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.4% to 0.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.3% between them, down from 59.3% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
96,902
Margin
480
0.50%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
31.9% 26.9%
INC share
31.9% 26.9%
Turnout