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Constituency

111. Kharagpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-KHARAGPUR

CPI 57.9%won by 22.3%INC 35.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 22.3%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 57.9% of the vote here (+57.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.4% of the vote between them, up from 76.7% — 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
19,844
Margin
4,427
22.31%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
+68.8%
CPI share
0.0% 57.9%
INC share
46.5% 35.5%
Turnout