Constituency
393. Hooghly
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-HOOGHLY
CPI 35.0%won by 1.3%INC 33.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: HMS (HMS) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 1.3%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 26.3% to 35.0% of the vote here (+8.7%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.3% to 57.7%.
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Electorate
4,02,713
Turnout
57.7%
Valid votes
2,32,335
Margin
2,973
1.28%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1PROVAT KARCommunist Party of India · CPI81,32935.0%
- 2SACHINDRA CHOWDHURYIndian National Congress · INC78,35633.7%
- 3NIRMAL CH. CHATTERJEEHMS · HMS72,65031.3%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- HMS
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +8.7%
- CPI share
- 26.3% → 35.0%
- INC share
- 33.7% → 33.7%
- Turnout
- 51.4% → 57.7%