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382. Birbhum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-BIRBHUM

INC 32.5%won by 5.7%INC 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.4% to 5.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 59.3% of the vote between them, up from 45.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 19.6% to 85.7%.

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

Electorate
8,61,105
Turnout
85.7%
Valid votes
7,37,913
Margin
41,998
5.69%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KAMAL KRISHNA DASIndian National Congress · INC2,39,74532.5%
  2. 2ANIL KUMAR CHANDAIndian National Congress · INC1,97,74726.8%
  3. 3MANMATHA NATH DASHMS · HMS1,69,04522.9%
  4. 4NITYA NARAYAN BANERJEEHMS · HMS1,31,37617.8%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–INC swing
0.0%
INC share
23.2% → 32.5%
INC share
23.2% → 32.5%
Turnout
66.1% → 85.7%
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