Constituency
152. Fort
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-FORT
INC 51.5%won by 29.6%PSP 21.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.1% to 29.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 21.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.4% between them, down from 80.1% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
19,180
Margin
5,678
29.60%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MAITREYEE BOSEIndian National Congress · INC9,87751.5%
- 2NARAYAN DAS GUPTAPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,19921.9%
- 3KASHIPATI MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND3,23416.9%
- 4SUDHA RAYIndependent · IND1,8709.7%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −36.0%
- INC share
- 65.6% → 51.5%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 21.9%
- Turnout
- — → —