Lok Sabha General Election 1957
West Bengal
28 parliamentary constituencies — party tallies, map, and winners.
Party Wise Results
West Bengal — seats, contested & votes| Party | Seats won | Contested | Vote share | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC · Indian National Congress | 23 | 27 | 48.20% | 5,031,696 |
| CPI · Communist Party of India | 6 | 12 | 19.01% | 1,985,181 |
| IND · Independent | 3 | 20 | 13.95% | 1,456,098 |
| FBM · Forward Bloc (Marxist) | 2 | 4 | 6.37% | 665,341 |
| PSP · Praja Socialist Party | 2 | 6 | 5.66% | 590,692 |
| HMS · Hindu Mahasabha | 0 | 5 | 5.38% | 561,741 |
| BJS · Bharatiya Jana Sang | 0 | 5 | 1.43% | 149,351 |
| Total | 36 | — | 100% | 10,440,100 |
Party Wise Results
Seats won (Doughnut)West Bengal Constituency Map
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Party Wise Vote Share
Votes polled in West Bengal (Pie)Constituencies
Winner · vote share · margin| Constituency | Winner | Vote share | Margin over runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cooch Behar
#1
|
Santosh Banerjee
INC
|
32.21% | 74,391 |
|
Darjeeling
#2
|
T. Manaen
INC
|
43.27% | 10,675 |
|
West Dinajpur
#3
|
Selku Mardi
INC
|
29.12% | 50,127 |
|
Malda
#4
|
Renuka Ray
INC
|
46.47% | 37,266 |
|
Murshidabad
#5
|
Muhammad Khuda Bukhsh
INC
|
41.93% | 4,395 |
|
Berhampore
#6
|
Tridib Chowdhuri
IND
|
50.72% | 14,482 |
|
Birbhum
#7
|
Kamal Krishna Das
INC
|
32.49% | 70,700 |
|
Burdwan
#8
|
Subiman Ghose
FBM
|
50.48% | 2,050 |
|
Asansol
#9
|
Mono Mohan Das
INC
|
29.60% | 60,348 |
|
Purulia
#10
|
Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta
IND
|
57.24% | 19,192 |
|
Bankura
#11
|
Pashupati Mandal
INC
|
25.05% | 69,416 |
|
Hooghly
#12
|
Provat Kar
CPI
|
35.01% | 2,973 |
|
Serampore
#13
|
Jitendra Nath Lahiri
INC
|
51.12% | 5,534 |
|
Howrah
#14
|
Mohammed Elias
CPI
|
48.30% | 40,835 |
|
Uluberia
#15
|
Aurobinda Ghosal
FBM
|
51.72% | 27,677 |
|
Ghatal
#16
|
Nikunja Behari Maity
INC
|
59.65% | 53,572 |
|
Midnapur
#17
|
Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb
INC
|
26.57% | 39,812 |
|
Contai
#18
|
Pramatha Nath Bandopadhaya
PSP
|
49.27% | 4,362 |
|
Tamulk
#19
|
Satish Chandra Samanta
INC
|
50.75% | 22,274 |
|
Calcutta Central
#20
|
Hirendra Nath Mukherjee
Male
CPI
|
65.04% | 66,905 |
|
Calcutta East
#21
|
Sadhan Ch. Gupta
CPI
|
62.68% | 62,215 |
|
Calcutta North West
#22
|
Asoke Kumar Sen
Male
INC
|
49.91% | 5,927 |
|
Calcutta South West
#23
|
Biren Roy
Male
IND
|
50.33% | 12,538 |
|
Diamond Harbour
#24
|
Kansari Halder
CPI
|
25.44% | 3,022 |
|
Basirhat
#25
|
Paresh Nath Kayal
INC
|
24.08% | 32,104 |
|
Barrackpore
#26
|
Bimal Coomar Ghose
PSP
|
54.98% | 45,027 |
|
Barasat
#27
|
Arun Chandra Guha
INC
|
51.10% | 6,041 |
|
Nabadwip
#28
|
Ila Pal Choudhury
INC
|
61.21% | 49,104 |