Election
Constituency

105. Ghatal

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-GHATAL

INC 30.1%won by 5.2%INC 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 16.5% to 30.1% of the vote here (+13.6%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 55.1% of the vote between them, up from 49.9% — 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
1,31,502
Margin
6,790
5.16%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
16.5% 30.1%
INC share
16.5% 30.1%
Turnout