Constituency
125. Nandigram North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-NANDIGRAM-NORTH
INC 58.8%won by 17.6%FBM 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.8% to 17.6%.
- New challengerFBM (FBM) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.2% — 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
46,668
Margin
8,222
17.62%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SUBODH CHANDRA MAITYIndian National Congress · INC27,44558.8%
- 2BENOY KRISHNA HAZRAFBM · FBM19,22341.2%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–FBM swing
- −25.9%
- INC share
- 43.5% → 58.8%
- FBM share
- 0.0% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- — → —