Election
Constituency

72. Bankura

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-BANKURA

INC 23.5%won by 4.1%INC 19.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: HMS (HMS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 26.5% to 23.5% of the vote here (−3.1%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 42.9% between them, down from 71.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,12,242
Margin
4,566
4.07%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
HMS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
26.5% 23.5%
INC share
26.5% 23.5%
Turnout