Election
Constituency

144. Entally

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-ENTALLY

CPI 59.5%won by 21.8%INC 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 21.8%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 36.9% to 59.5% of the vote here (+22.6%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 81.4% — 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
27,910
Margin
6,089
21.82%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
−7.8%
CPI share
36.9% 59.5%
INC share
7.3% 37.7%
Turnout