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Constituency

194. Tehatta

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-TEHATTA

INC 70.7%won by 41.4%PSP 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.1% to 41.4%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — 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
32,454
Margin
13,426
41.37%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−6.9%
INC share
48.2% 70.7%
PSP share
0.0% 29.3%
Turnout