Constituency
8. Falakata
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-FALAKATA
PSP 47.3%won by 0.9%INC 46.4%
What the numbers say
DerivedDecided by 293 votes (0.94%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
31,126
Margin
293
0.94%
Candidates
3 contested · winner PSP- 1JAGADANANDA ROYPraja Socialist Party · PSP14,72047.3%
- 2RABINDRA NATH SIKDARIndian National Congress · INC14,42746.4%
- 3JOHAN SURIN (ST)Independent · IND1,9796.4%