Election
Constituency

38. Hariharpara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-HARIHARPARA

INC 64.4%won by 28.8%IND 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
38,135
Margin
10,985
28.81%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HAZI A. HAMEEDIndian National Congress · INC24,56064.4%
  2. 2RAM RANJAN CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND13,57535.6%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−4.5%
INC share
54.9% 64.4%
IND share
21.6% 35.6%
Turnout