Constituency
96. Howrah East
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-HOWRAH-EAST
INC 47.3%won by 2.8%CPI 44.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 2.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 44.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
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
34,033
Margin
938
2.76%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BENI CHANDRA DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC16,10647.3%
- 2NARESH DAS GUPTACommunist Party of India · CPI15,16844.6%
- 3JANAKDEO SHARMAIndependent · IND1,4484.3%
- 4SUSHIL MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND1,3113.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −53.9%
- INC share
- 56.6% → 47.3%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- — → —