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Constituency

94. Howrah North

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-HOWRAH-NORTH

CPI 47.4%won by 0.7%INC 46.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.0% to 0.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — 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
19,784
Margin
140
0.71%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−19.3%
CPI share
51.0% 47.4%
INC share
31.0% 46.7%
Turnout