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Constituency

137. Bara Bazar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-BARA-BAZAR

INC 74.8%won by 59.4%IND 15.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 55.3% to 59.4%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 15.4% — it polled just 1.2% in 1951.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
26,843
Margin
15,941
59.39%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−11.0%
INC share
71.5% 74.8%
IND share
1.2% 15.4%
Turnout