Constituency
105. Ghatal
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-GHATAL
INC 30.1%won by 5.2%INC 25.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,31,502
Margin
6,790
5.16%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1HARENDRA NATH DOLUI (SC)Indian National Congress · INC39,62430.1%
- 2LAKSHMAN CHANDRA SARKARIndian National Congress · INC32,83425.0%
- 3NAGENDRA DOLOI (SC)Communist Party of India · CPI29,37022.3%
- 4SATYA GHOSALCommunist Party of India · CPI23,18417.6%
- 5PRABHAS PATHAKHMS · HMS6,4904.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 16.5% → 30.1%
- INC share
- 16.5% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- — → —