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Constituency

17. Kalimpong

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-KALIMPONG

GL 52.9%won by 20.1%INC 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to GL (GL), which now leads by 20.1%.

  • GL vote shareGL went from 0.0% to 52.9% of the vote here (+52.9%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.

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
24,196
Margin
4,867
20.11%

Candidates

8 contested · winner GL
  1. 1LAKSHMI RANJAN JOSSEGL · GL12,80952.9%
  2. 2NARBAHADUR GURUNGIndian National Congress · INC7,94232.8%
  3. 3KRISHNABHAKTA SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI2,0858.6%
  4. 4THAKUR PRASADIndependent · IND7112.9%
  5. 5FREDERICH MOQUETONPraja Socialist Party · PSP3261.3%
  6. 6KULBAHADUR KHATIIndependent · IND1680.7%
  7. 7DURYODHAN RAIIndependent · IND1030.4%
  8. 8BHISHNULAL SINGHIndependent · IND520.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
GLflipped
GL–INC swing
+20.1%
GL share
0.0% → 52.9%
INC share
0.0% → 32.8%
Turnout
— → —
16. Mal18. Darjeeling
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