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Constituency

143. Taltola

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-TALTOLA

CPI 52.2%won by 5.6%INC 46.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 5.6%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 26.2% to 52.2% of the vote here (+25.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.8% of the vote between them, up from 86.7% — 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
27,002
Margin
1,507
5.58%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
+39.8%
CPI share
26.2% 52.2%
INC share
60.4% 46.6%
Turnout