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Constituency

14. Mathabhanga

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-MATHABHANGA

INC 54.6%won by 9.2%IND 45.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
26,864
Margin
2,472
9.20%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−52.1%
INC share
73.4% 54.6%
IND share
12.2% 45.4%
Turnout