Election
Constituency

22. Chopra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-CHOPRA

INC 46.2%won by 25.1%CPI 21.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 25.1%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 21.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.3% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
24,168
Margin
6,074
25.13%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOHAMMAD AFAQUE CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC11,16446.2%
  2. 2MOHAMMAD GOLAM RABBANICommunist Party of India · CPI5,09021.1%
  3. 3ANIL KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND3,30813.7%
  4. 4ABUL QASIM JALALUDDINSwatantra Party · SWA3,05712.6%
  5. 5ABDUL HAFIZ NURUL ISLAMIndependent · IND7203.0%
  6. 6MOHAMMAD HAFIZUDDINPraja Socialist Party · PSP4251.8%
  7. 7KANTHA LAL SINHAIndependent · IND4041.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+25.1%
INC share
0.0% → 46.2%
CPI share
0.0% → 21.1%
Turnout
— → —
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