Constituency
38. Hariharpara
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-HARIHARPARA
INC 64.4%won by 28.8%IND 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.3% to 28.8%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
38,135
Margin
10,985
28.81%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1HAZI A. HAMEEDIndian National Congress · INC24,56064.4%
- 2RAM RANJAN CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND13,57535.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −4.5%
- INC share
- 54.9% → 64.4%
- IND share
- 21.6% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- — → —