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25. Raiganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-RAIGANJ

INC 39.3%won by 14.6%CPI 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 14.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.0% of the vote between them, up from 48.0% — 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
32,618
Margin
4,778
14.65%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMENDRA NATH DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC12,83339.3%
  2. 2MANASH ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI8,05524.7%
  3. 3NISHITHA NATH KUNDUPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,55320.1%
  4. 4BHAJA GOBINDA ROYIndependent · IND4,23013.0%
  5. 5SAJORUDDINIndependent · IND5871.8%
  6. 6MAKHANLAL SARKARSwatantra Party · SWA3601.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+5.1%
INC share
24.6% → 39.3%
CPI share
15.1% → 24.7%
Turnout
— → —
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