Constituency
35. Harischandrapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-HARISCHANDRAPUR
INC 55.1%won by 10.1%WPI 44.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.9% to 55.1% of the vote here (+32.2%).
- New challengerWPI (WPI) finished second with 44.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 77.1% — 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
42,499
Margin
4,303
10.12%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1BIRENDRA KUMAR MOITRAIndian National Congress · INC23,40155.1%
- 2MOHAMMAD ELIAS RAZIWPI · WPI19,09844.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–WPI swing
- −12.8%
- INC share
- 22.9% → 55.1%
- WPI share
- 0.0% → 44.9%
- Turnout
- — → —