Constituency
387. Calcutta South West
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-CALCUTTA-SOUTH-WEST
IND 50.3%won by 6.6%INC 43.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 6.6%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 27.4% to 50.3% of the vote here (+23.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.8% to 46.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,03,712
Turnout
46.7%
Valid votes
1,88,647
Margin
12,538
6.65%
Candidates
3 contested · winner IND- 1BIREN ROYIndependent · IND94,94450.3%
- 2ASHIM KRISHNA DUTTIndian National Congress · INC82,40643.7%
- 3RAJANI MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND11,2976.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +30.4%
- IND share
- 27.4% → 50.3%
- INC share
- 51.1% → 43.7%
- Turnout
- 37.9% → 46.7%