Constituency
401. Tamluk
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-TAMLUK
INC 50.8%won by 7.1%FBM 43.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 7.0% to 7.1%.
- New challengerFBM (FBM) finished second with 43.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.4% of the vote between them, up from 72.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,47,374
Turnout
69.8%
Valid votes
3,12,236
Margin
22,274
7.13%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SATISH CHANDRA SAMANTAIndian National Congress · INC1,58,46450.8%
- 2GOBINDA CHANDRA BHOWMIKFBM · FBM1,36,19043.6%
- 3SURYYA KUMAR CHAKRAVARTYHMS · HMS17,5825.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–FBM swing
- −32.5%
- INC share
- 39.6% → 50.8%
- FBM share
- 0.0% → 43.6%
- Turnout
- 68.0% → 69.8%