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Constituency

84. Chinsurah

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-CHINSURAH

INC 56.8%won by 16.2%FBM 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.0% to 16.2%.

  • New challengerFBM (FBM) finished second with 40.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.4% of the vote between them, up from 37.8% — 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
40,803
Margin
6,592
16.16%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCFBM swing
−3.2%
INC share
19.4% 56.8%
FBM share
0.0% 40.6%
Turnout