Constituency
163. Kulpi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-KULPI
INC 53.3%won by 10.6%PSP 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: KMPP (KMPP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 9.6% to 53.3% of the vote here (+43.7%).
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 42.7% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.0% of the vote between them, up from 37.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
43,059
Margin
4,545
10.56%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1HANSADHWAJ DHARAIndian National Congress · INC22,94853.3%
- 2HRISHIKESH HAIDERPraja Socialist Party · PSP18,40342.7%
- 3MAKHAN CHANDRA BAIDYAIndependent · IND1,7084.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- KMPP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- +1.0%
- INC share
- 9.6% → 53.3%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- — → —