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Constituency

51. Katwa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-KATWA

INC 54.3%won by 11.6%CPI 42.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 27.9% to 54.3% of the vote here (+26.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 63.0% — a tighter two-way 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
37,022
Margin
4,303
11.62%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
+18.9%
INC share
27.9% 54.3%
CPI share
35.1% 42.7%
Turnout