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158. Bishnupur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-BISHNUPUR

CPI 21.7%won by 0.1%CPI 21.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.8% to 0.1%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 109 votes (0.08%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,31,454
Margin
109
0.08%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1PROVASH CHANDRA ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI28,58521.7%
  2. 2RABINDRA NATH ROY (SC)Communist Party of India · CPI28,47621.7%
  3. 3SANTILATA MONDAL (SC)Indian National Congress · INC26,52520.2%
  4. 4JUGAL CHARAN SANTRAIndian National Congress · INC24,87218.9%
  5. 5HARAN ALI SEPOIIndependent · IND8,2736.3%
  6. 6SATISH CHANDRA SAMATAIndependent · IND3,8482.9%
  7. 7BASANTA KUMAR MAL (SC)Independent · IND3,3522.5%
  8. 8BHOLA NATH BISWAS (SC)Independent · IND3,1622.4%
  9. 9HARISHIKESH NASKAR (SC)Independent · IND2,8232.1%
  10. 10PANCHU GOPAL SARKAR (SC)Independent · IND1,5381.2%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–CPI swing
0.0%
CPI share
24.3% → 21.7%
CPI share
24.3% → 21.7%
Turnout
— → —
157. Budge Budge159. Baruipur
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