Constituency
167. Bhangar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-BHANGAR
INC 43.9%won by 15.4%IND 28.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 15.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.3% of the vote between them, up from 34.7% — 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
37,157
Margin
5,726
15.41%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1HEM CHANDRA NASKARIndian National Congress · INC16,30243.9%
- 2MAZAMMEL HUSSAINIndependent · IND10,57628.5%
- 3LATEMANALI MOLLAHCommunist Party of India · CPI10,27927.7%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +10.6%
- INC share
- 17.8% → 43.9%
- IND share
- 12.9% → 28.5%
- Turnout
- — → —