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Constituency

83. Balagarh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-BALAGARH

CPI 47.5%won by 2.6%INC 44.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 2.6%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 47.5% of the vote here (+47.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 58.5% — 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
36,294
Margin
959
2.64%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
+37.9%
CPI share
0.0% 47.5%
INC share
35.3% 44.9%
Turnout