Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Barrackpore

Bimal Coomar Ghose (PSP) won by 45,027 votes (18.6%).

Electors
4,30,339
Votes polled
2,41,747
Valid votes
2,41,747
Turnout
56.2%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1957-02-25

Margin vs 1957 national median: 18.6% (median 11.1%). Back to West Bengal · 1957 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
5.7%(+4.3%)
Turnout
75.7%(+4.5%)
NOTA
1.0%
Top-2 squeeze
86.3%

Winning margin over time · Barrackpore

19521957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202432%

Candidates

Candidates · Barrackpore 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bimal Coomar GhoseWinnerPSP1,32,90655.0%
2Labanya Prova DuttaINC87,87936.4%
3Raghunath Prasad SinghIND13,9435.8%
4Narendra Nath Das GuptaBJS7,0192.9%

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