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Constituency

152. Fort

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-FORT

INC 51.5%won by 29.6%PSP 21.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
19,180
Margin
5,678
29.60%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−36.0%
INC share
65.6% 51.5%
PSP share
0.0% 21.9%
Turnout