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403. West Dinajpur

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-WEST-DINAJPUR

INC 29.1%won by 2.9%INC 26.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.9% to 2.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 30.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 41.7% to 82.6%.

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

Electorate
7,36,998
Turnout
82.6%
Valid votes
6,08,460
Margin
17,884
2.94%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
59.4% 29.1%
INC share
59.4% 29.1%
Turnout
40.9% 82.6%