Constituency
394. Howrah
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-HOWRAH
CPI 48.3%won by 18.2%INC 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 18.2%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 33.2% to 48.3% of the vote here (+15.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.4% of the vote between them, up from 67.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
4,61,154
Turnout
48.6%
Valid votes
2,24,098
Margin
40,835
18.22%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1MOHAMMED ELIASCommunist Party of India · CPI1,08,23848.3%
- 2SANTOSH KR. DUTTIndian National Congress · INC67,40330.1%
- 3HARIPADA BHARATIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS48,45721.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +19.2%
- CPI share
- 33.2% → 48.3%
- INC share
- 34.2% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- 47.0% → 48.6%