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68. Purulia

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-PURULIA

IND 25.4%won by 4.6%IND 20.8%

What the numbers say

Derived

5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
75,768
Margin
3,500
4.62%

Candidates

9 contested · winner IND
  1. 1LABANYA PRAVA GHOSHIndependent · IND19,28025.4%
  2. 2NAKUL CHANDRA SAHIS (SC)Independent · IND15,78020.8%
  3. 3SARAT DAS (SC)Indian National Congress · INC11,01914.5%
  4. 4TARA PADA ROYIndian National Congress · INC10,90114.4%
  5. 5PHANI MAHATOIndependent · IND6,5968.7%
  6. 6KALI PADA DASIndependent · IND3,6654.8%
  7. 7BECHAN RAJAK (SC)Independent · IND3,4014.5%
  8. 8RADHIKA PRASAD RAJWAR (SC)Independent · IND2,7403.6%
  9. 9SHYAMA PADA DAS (SC)Independent · IND2,3863.1%
67. Arsa69. Balarampur
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