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386. Calcutta North West

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-WEST

INC 49.9%won by 2.9%IND 47.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 36.6% to 49.9% of the vote here (+13.3%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 89.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 13.2% to 49.7%.

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

Electorate
4,14,217
Turnout
49.7%
Valid votes
2,05,994
Margin
5,927
2.88%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCIND swing
−30.4%
INC share
36.6% 49.9%
IND share
3.4% 47.0%
Turnout
36.5% 49.7%