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54. Berhampore

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-BERHAMPORE

CPI 53.2%won by 14.2%INC 39.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 14.2%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 42.5% to 53.2% of the vote here (+10.8%).

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
38,991
Margin
5,542
14.21%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1SANAT KUMAR RAHACommunist Party of India · CPI20,75953.2%
  2. 2BEJOY KUMAR GHOSEIndian National Congress · INC15,21739.0%
  3. 3ARDHENDU SINGHA CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND1,7444.5%
  4. 4RAM RANJAN CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND7081.8%
  5. 5KHONDEKAR NURUL ISLAMIndependent · IND5631.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+17.2%
CPI share
42.5% → 53.2%
INC share
45.5% → 39.0%
Turnout
— → —
53. Naoda55. Hariharpara
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