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West Bengal Lok Sabha 1957

Results board · 28 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateWest Bengal
Seats
28
Constituencies
Majority
15
Seats needed of 28
Electors
1.52Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.04Cr
68.6% of electors
Median turnout
50.0%
Median of 28 seats
INC lead
+1
Above majority · 16 − 15

[01]Seat matrix

28 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 28 seats: INC 16, CPI 5, IND 3, PSP 2, FBM 2. Majority line at 15 seats. Hemicycle of 28 seats: INC 16, CPI 5, IND 3, PSP 2, FBM 2. Majority line at 15 seats.
Majority · 15 of 28INC 16 · +1 above majority
INC 1657.1% Indian National Congress
CPI 517.9% Communist Party of India
IND 310.7% Independents
PSP 27.1% Praja Socialist Party
FBM 27.1% Forward Bloc (MARXIST)

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 48.2%16 seats · 57.1%
CPI 19.0%5 seats · 17.9%
FBM 6.4%2 seats · 7.1%
PSP 5.7%2 seats · 7.1%
HMS 5.4%0 seats
Others 15.3%3 seats · 10.7%

Vote share not published

  • IND3 seats

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 48.2% of votes into 57.1% of seats, a seat premium of 8.9 pp.

    16 ÷ 28 = 57.1% · 57.1 − 48.2 = +8.9

  2. HMS polled 5.4% of votes, the 5th-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 28 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 5.4 = −5.4

  3. Turnout ran from 36.2% in Purulia to 69.8% in Tamulk; the median seat polled 50.0%.

    min / median / max over 28 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

28 of 28 seats carry a turnout
025507510050.0%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 1450.0% of seats
50–60 1139.3% of seats
60–70 310.7% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestPurulia36.2%
  • HighestTamulk69.8%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

28 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, West Bengal Lok Sabha 1957, all 28 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
366 Cooch Behar Santosh Banerjee Indian National Congress 7,69,330 not recorded not recorded 47.3
367 Darjeeling T. Manaen Indian National Congress 1,39,729 not recorded not recorded 41.7
368 West Dinajpur Selku Mardi Indian National Congress 6,08,460 not recorded not recorded 41.3
369 Malda Renuka Ray Indian National Congress 2,09,203 not recorded not recorded 51.1
370 Murshidabad Muhammad Khuda Bukhsh Indian National Congress 2,02,822 not recorded not recorded 48.0
371 Berhampore Tridib Chowdhuri Independent 2,63,161 not recorded not recorded 57.4
372 Birbhum Kamal Krishna Das Indian National Congress 7,37,913 not recorded not recorded 42.9
373 Burdwan Subiman Ghose Forward Bloc (MARXIST) 2,13,290 not recorded not recorded 50.2
374 Asansol Mono Mohan Das Indian National Congress 6,29,589 not recorded not recorded 39.8
375 Purulia Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta Independent 1,32,588 not recorded not recorded 36.2
376 Bankura Pashupati Mandal Indian National Congress 6,09,454 not recorded not recorded 37.8
377 Hooghly Provat Kar Communist Party of India 2,32,335 not recorded not recorded 57.7
378 Serampore Jitendra Nath Lahiri Indian National Congress 2,46,062 not recorded not recorded 57.5
379 Howrah Mohammed Elias Communist Party of India 2,24,098 not recorded not recorded 48.6
380 Uluberia Aurobinda Ghosal Forward Bloc (MARXIST) 2,32,984 not recorded not recorded 51.1
381 Ghatal Nikunja Behari Maity Indian National Congress 2,77,622 not recorded not recorded 62.6
382 Midnapur Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb Indian National Congress 7,33,085 not recorded not recorded 42.8
383 Contai Pramatha Nath Bandopadhaya Praja Socialist Party 2,71,648 not recorded not recorded 61.5
384 Tamulk Satish Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress 3,12,236 not recorded not recorded 69.8
385 Calcutta Central Hirendra Nath Mukherjee Communist Party of India 2,08,047 not recorded not recorded 52.6
386 Calcutta East Sadhan Ch. Gupta Communist Party of India 2,28,712 not recorded not recorded 46.0
387 Calcutta North West Asoke Kumar Sen Indian National Congress 2,05,994 not recorded not recorded 49.7
388 Calcutta South West Biren Roy Independent 1,88,647 not recorded not recorded 46.7
389 Diamond Harbour Kansari Halder Communist Party of India 9,74,006 not recorded not recorded 52.6
390 Basirhat Paresh Nath Kayal Indian National Congress 8,54,749 not recorded not recorded 47.9
391 Barrackpore Bimal Coomar Ghose Praja Socialist Party 2,41,747 not recorded not recorded 56.2
392 Barasat Arun Chandra Guha Indian National Congress 2,73,525 not recorded not recorded 56.6
393 Nabadwip Ila Pal Choudhury Indian National Congress 2,19,064 not recorded not recorded 53.5
No seat carries a margin“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1957 · West Bengal · 28 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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