Constituency
109. Jhargram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-JHARGRAM
INC 46.4%won by 4.7%PSP 41.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.5% to 4.7%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 41.7% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.1% of the vote between them, up from 38.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
27,517
Margin
1,302
4.73%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MAHENDRA MAHATAIndian National Congress · INC12,77746.4%
- 2BISHNU PADA HAZRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,47541.7%
- 3SARAT KUMAR MURMU (ST)Independent · IND2,0507.4%
- 4TARAPADA DEYIndependent · IND1,2154.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −15.0%
- INC share
- 19.8% → 46.4%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 41.7%
- Turnout
- — → —