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Constituency

50. Kandi

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-KANDI

INC 50.1%won by 0.2%RSP 49.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.0% to 0.2%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) finished second with 49.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 61.1% — 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
40,684
Margin
94
0.23%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCRSP swing
−31.3%
INC share
31.6% 50.1%
RSP share
0.0% 49.9%
Turnout