Constituency
95. Howrah West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-HOWRAH-WEST
INC 39.2%won by 2.1%PSP 37.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.1% to 2.1%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 37.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.4% of the vote between them, up from 57.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
26,838
Margin
553
2.06%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BANKIM CHANDRA KARIndian National Congress · INC10,52439.2%
- 2SHIVNATH BANDYOPADHYAYPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,97137.2%
- 3ANADI CHARAN DASIndependent · IND5,37820.0%
- 4AYODHYA ADHIKARIIndependent · IND9653.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −32.5%
- INC share
- 34.6% → 39.2%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 37.2%
- Turnout
- — → —