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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 159

MohestolaAssembly by-election result, 1952

S.C. Bhandari (COM) won Mohestola in the 1952 assembly by-election with 71.1% of the vote, beating N.D. Mazumdar (INC) by 11,137 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn after 1951. From 1957, seat no. 159 is Baruipur.

Winner

S.C. BHANDARI
COM
COM 71.1%INC 27.5%2 others 1.4%
Votes
18,142
71.1% share
Winning margin
11,137
43.7% of votes
Candidates
4

A comfortable win — S.C. BHANDARI won by 43.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
S.C. BHANDARI
COM
COM
18,14271.1%
2
N.D. MAZUMDAR
7,00527.5%
3
A. MAZUMDAR
FB(M)
FB(M)
2531.0%
4
I.A. MOLLA
IND
IND
1130.4%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
43.7%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

COM and INC took 99% of the votes.

Parties in the race 1.72

How did the vote split?

SEAT
71.1%won by COM
COM 71.1%INC 27.5%Others 1.4%

This seat number was reused from 2011. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2011, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Mohestola, 1951

  1. 1951SUDHIR CHANDRA BHANDARI (CPI), margin 0.6%