Skip to content

West Bengal Lok Sabha 1957

Seats
28
Electors ?
15,216,532
Votes polled ?
10,440,100
Turnout ?
68.6%

Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources

Seats won

Party tally (source summary)
PartySeatsSeat shareVote share
INC1657.1%40.91%
CPI517.9%47.29%
IND310.7%52.76%
PSP27.1%52.13%
FBM27.1%51.10%

Vote share (share of votes) and seat share (share of seats) are different measures.

Constituencies

Download CSV
Winners by constituency, 1957
ConstituencyWinnerPartyMarginTurnout
AsansolMONO MOHAN DASINC22,64979.7%
BankuraPASHUPATI MANDALINC1,68675.5%
BarasatARUN CHANDRA GUHAINC6,04156.6%
BarrackporeBIMAL COOMAR GHOSEPSP45,02756.2%
BasirhatPARESH NATH KAYALINC19,82895.7%
BerhamporeTRIDIB CHOWDHURIIND14,48257.4%
BirbhumKAMAL KRISHNA DASINC41,99885.7%
BurdwanSUBIMAN GHOSEFBM2,05050.2%
CALCUTTA CENTRALHIRENDRA NATH MUKHERJEECPI66,90552.6%
CALCUTTA EASTSADHAN CH. GUPTACPI62,21546.0%
Calcutta North WestASOKE KUMAR SENINC5,92749.7%
CALCUTTA SOUTH WESTBIREN ROYIND12,53846.7%
ContaiPRAMATHA NATH BANDOPADHAYAPSP4,36261.5%
Cooch Behar (SC)SANTOSH BANERJEEINC27,21194.7%
DarjeelingT. MANAENINC10,67541.7%
Diamond HarbourKANSARI HALDERCPI2,519100.0%
GhatalNIKUNJA BEHARI MAITYINC53,57262.6%
HooghlyPROVAT KARCPI2,97357.7%
HowrahMOHAMMED ELIASCPI40,83548.6%
MaldaRENUKA RAYINC37,26651.1%
MIDNAPURNARASINGHA MALLA UGAL SANDA DEBINC34,56585.5%
MurshidabadMUHAMMAD KHUDA BUKHSHINC4,39547.9%
NabadwipILA PAL CHOUDHURYINC49,10453.5%
PuruliaBIBHUTI BHUSAN DAS GUPTAIND19,19236.2%
SeramporeJITENDRA NATH LAHIRIINC5,53457.5%
TAMULKSATISH CHANDRA SAMANTAINC22,27469.8%
UluberiaAUROBINDA GHOSALFBM27,67751.1%
WEST DINAJPURSELKU MARDIINC17,88482.6%