Constituency
190. Santipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1957
WB-SANTIPUR
INC 46.9%won by 10.1%IND 36.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.7% to 10.1%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from RCPI (RCPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.7% of the vote between them, up from 59.5% — 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
36,628
Margin
3,710
10.13%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1HARIDAS DEYIndian National Congress · INC17,18046.9%
- 2KANAI PALIndependent · IND13,47036.8%
- 3DEBESH CHANDRA SINHAIndependent · IND4,45712.2%
- 4NARAN GOSWAMIIndependent · IND1,5214.2%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −16.1%
- INC share
- 38.1% → 46.9%
- IND share
- 11.9% → 36.8%
- Turnout
- — → —