Election
Constituency

135. Jorabagan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-JORABAGAN

INC 46.7%won by 6.4%FBM 40.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.4% to 6.4%.

  • New challengerFBM (FBM) finished second with 40.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
34,232
Margin
2,182
6.37%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NEPAL RAYIndian National Congress · INC15,97946.7%
  2. 2AJIT KUMAR BISWASFBM · FBM13,79740.3%
  3. 3BEGRAJ SINGHEEIndependent · IND3,1509.2%
  4. 4VIDYA BHASKAR GUPTABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,0493.1%
  5. 5SUDHINDRA NATH SEN KAVIRAJIndependent · IND2570.8%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–FBM swing
−36.2%
INC share
42.6% → 46.7%
FBM share
0.0% → 40.3%
Turnout
— → —
134. Manicktola136. Jorasanko
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