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Constituency

161. Falta

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-FALTA

INC 51.8%won by 3.6%CPI 48.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 25.1% to 51.8% of the vote here (+26.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 62.2% — 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
36,202
Margin
1,288
3.56%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
+15.7%
INC share
25.1% 51.8%
CPI share
37.2% 48.2%
Turnout