Constituency
64. Asansol
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-ASANSOL
INC 45.4%won by 5.9%CPI 39.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: FBLRG (FBLRG) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.5% to 45.4% of the vote here (+19.9%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 39.4% — it polled just 0.9% in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.8% of the vote between them, up from 65.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
23,302
Margin
1,379
5.92%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SHIB DAS GHATAKIndian National Congress · INC10,57045.4%
- 2BIJY PALCommunist Party of India · CPI9,19139.4%
- 3NALINAKSHA ROYIndependent · IND1,7537.5%
- 4JOGENDRA NATH ROYIndependent · IND1,2115.2%
- 5JAGAT PATI NANDIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5772.5%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- FBLRG
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- −18.7%
- INC share
- 25.5% → 45.4%
- CPI share
- 0.9% → 39.4%
- Turnout
- — → —