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7. Tufanganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-TUFANGANJ

CPI 52.3%won by 10.9%INC 41.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 10.9%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 29.2% to 52.3% of the vote here (+23.1%).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
50,112
Margin
5,476
10.93%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1JIBAN KRISHNA DEYCommunist Party of India · CPI26,22252.3%
  2. 2JATINDRA NATH SINHA SARKARIndian National Congress · INC20,74641.4%
  3. 3SYAMA KANTA DASIndependent · IND2,2434.5%
  4. 4BIRENDRA NATH CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND9011.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+46.1%
CPI share
29.2% → 52.3%
INC share
64.4% → 41.4%
Turnout
— → —
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