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Constituency

10. Alipur Duars

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-ALIPUR-DUARS

INC 49.2%won by 15.1%IND 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.8% to 15.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 34.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.4% between them, down from 93.6% — 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
32,919
Margin
4,964
15.08%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−51.6%
INC share
66.7% 49.2%
IND share
0.0% 34.2%
Turnout