Constituency
398. Nabadwip
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-NABADWIP
INC 61.2%won by 22.4%IND 38.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.9% to 22.4%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.9% to 53.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,09,205
Turnout
53.5%
Valid votes
2,19,064
Margin
49,104
22.42%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1ILA PAL CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC1,34,08461.2%
- 2KUMARESH CHANDRAIndependent · IND84,98038.8%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −2.4%
- INC share
- 57.5% → 61.2%
- IND share
- 32.7% → 38.8%
- Turnout
- 41.7% → 53.5%