Constituency

29. Balurghat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-BALURGHAT

INC 49.5%won by 5.8%RSP 43.7%

What changed here

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The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.8%.

INC vote shareINC went from 21.2% to 49.5% of the vote here (+28.3%).
New challengerRashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) finished second with 43.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 44.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

34,897

Margin

2,015

5.77%

3 contested · winner INC

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