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395. Malda

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-MALDA

INC 46.5%won by 17.8%IND 28.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 17.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 83.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.1% to 51.1%.

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

Electorate
4,09,274
Turnout
51.1%
Valid votes
2,09,203
Margin
37,266
17.81%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−11.0%
INC share
56.1% 46.5%
IND share
27.3% 28.7%
Turnout
41.0% 51.1%