Constituency
14. Mathabhanga
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-MATHABHANGA
INC 54.6%won by 9.2%IND 45.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 61.3% to 9.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
26,864
Margin
2,472
9.20%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SARADA PRASAD PRAMANIKIndian National Congress · INC14,66854.6%
- 2MAHENDRA NATH DAKUAIndependent · IND12,19645.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −52.1%
- INC share
- 73.4% → 54.6%
- IND share
- 12.2% → 45.4%
- Turnout
- — → —