Election
Constituency

126. Nandigram South

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-NANDIGRAM-SOUTH

CPI 52.2%won by 4.4%INC 47.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 4.4%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 38.8% to 52.2% of the vote here (+13.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.4% — 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
48,535
Margin
2,157
4.44%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
+5.3%
CPI share
38.8% 52.2%
INC share
39.6% 47.8%
Turnout