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Constituency

42. Bharatpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-BHARATPUR

INC 52.5%won by 12.4%IND 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 12.9% to 12.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 54.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,711
Margin
5,314
12.44%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−0.4%
INC share
33.7% 52.5%
IND share
20.8% 40.1%
Turnout