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188. Ranaghat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-RANAGHAT

INC 41.6%won by 9.3%PSP 32.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.4% to 9.3%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.9% of the vote between them, up from 56.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
29,583
Margin
2,751
9.30%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BENOY KUMAR CHATTERJEEIndian National Congress · INC12,30941.6%
  2. 2ASHIM KUMAR MAZUMDERPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,55832.3%
  3. 3BIMAL KUMAR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND3,47611.7%
  4. 4SAMBHU NAT BISWASBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,9366.5%
  5. 5SUBADH KISHORE BOSEIndependent · IND1,4805.0%
  6. 6MIHIR LAL CHATTOPADHYAIndependent · IND8242.8%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−21.5%
INC share
30.7% → 41.6%
PSP share
0.0% → 32.3%
Turnout
— → —
187. Chakdah189. Haringhatta
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