Election
Constituency

36. Ratua

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-RATUA

INC 52.6%won by 34.8%SWA 17.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 34.8%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 17.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.4% of the vote between them, up from 48.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
22,953
Margin
7,998
34.85%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DHANESWAR SAHAIndian National Congress · INC12,07752.6%
  2. 2NILMANI SAHASwatantra Party · SWA4,07917.8%
  3. 3RAMHANDRA SAHAIndependent · IND3,47515.1%
  4. 4SITARAM SAHAIndependent · IND2,92112.7%
  5. 5RAMCHANRA RABIDASIndependent · IND4011.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
+9.0%
INC share
25.9% → 52.6%
SWA share
0.0% → 17.8%
Turnout
— → —
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