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Constituency

17. Gangarampur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-GANGARAMPUR

INC 22.6%won by 3.3%INC 19.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.6% to 3.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 41.9% between them, down from 69.0% — 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
87,133
Margin
2,838
3.26%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
49.3% 22.6%
INC share
49.3% 22.6%
Turnout