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Constituency

101. Bagnan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-BAGNAN

CPI 60.2%won by 23.0%INC 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 23.0%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 60.2% of the vote here (+60.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 63.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
38,053
Margin
8,744
22.98%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1AMAL KUMAR GANGULICommunist Party of India · CPI22,92160.2%
  2. 2SAMBHU CHARAN MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC14,17737.3%
  3. 3PROMOTHO NATH ROY CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND9552.5%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+56.1%
CPI share
0.0% → 60.2%
INC share
33.1% → 37.3%
Turnout
— → —
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