Constituency
380. Basirhat
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-BASIRHAT
INC 24.1%won by 2.3%CPI 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.3%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 45.8% between them, down from 51.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.6% to 95.7%.
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Electorate
8,93,132
Turnout
95.7%
Valid votes
8,54,749
Margin
19,828
2.32%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1PARESH NATH KAYALIndian National Congress · INC2,05,83224.1%
- 2RENU CHAKRAVARTTYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,86,00421.8%
- 3PRATIMA BOSEIndian National Congress · INC1,73,72820.3%
- 4DHARMADAS ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,40,51616.4%
- 5A. K. M. ISHAQUEIndependent · IND92,01410.8%
- 6MATINDRA NATH HALDERIndependent · IND31,2583.7%
- 7GIRINDRA NATH MONDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS25,3973.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +6.0%
- INC share
- 23.8% → 24.1%
- CPI share
- 27.5% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- 82.1% → 95.7%