Constituency
400. Serampore
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-SERAMPORE
INC 51.1%won by 2.2%CPI 48.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.0% to 51.1% of the vote here (+15.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.5% to 57.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,28,149
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
2,46,062
Margin
5,534
2.25%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1JITENDRA NATH LAHIRIIndian National Congress · INC1,25,79851.1%
- 2TUSAR CHATTOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,20,26448.9%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +6.9%
- INC share
- 36.0% → 51.1%
- CPI share
- 40.7% → 48.9%
- Turnout
- 50.0% → 57.5%