Election
Constituency

155. Behala

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-BEHALA

CPI 64.8%won by 31.4%INC 33.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: FBLRG (FBLRG) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 31.4%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 64.8% of the vote here (+64.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 67.8% — 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
31,924
Margin
10,037
31.44%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
FBLRG
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
+57.5%
CPI share
0.0% 64.8%
INC share
26.1% 33.3%
Turnout