Constituency
48. Murshidabad
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-MURSHIDABAD
IND 50.7%won by 18.4%INC 32.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 18.4%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 46.4% to 50.7% of the vote here (+4.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.0% between them, down from 95.8% — the field split more ways.
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
37,766
Margin
6,961
18.43%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1BIRENDRA NARAYAN RAYIndependent · IND19,14450.7%
- 2DURGAPADA SINHAIndian National Congress · INC12,18332.3%
- 3SYED NAWAB JANY MEERZAIndependent · IND4,74212.6%
- 4JATINDRA NATH DATTAIndependent · IND9752.6%
- 5NAIMUDDIN MANDALIndependent · IND7221.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +21.4%
- IND share
- 46.4% → 50.7%
- INC share
- 49.4% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- — → —