Constituency
33. Murshidabad
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-MURSHIDABAD
INC 49.4%won by 3.0%IND 46.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.2% to 3.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from KMPP (KMPP) to Independent (IND).
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
34,493
Margin
1,036
3.00%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DURGAPADA SINHAIndian National Congress · INC17,03449.4%
- 2BIRENDRA NARAYAN ROYIndependent · IND15,99846.4%
- 3ISHAIndependent · IND1,4614.2%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −48.9%
- INC share
- 60.0% → 49.4%
- IND share
- 8.1% → 46.4%
- Turnout
- — → —