Constituency
57. Karimpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-KARIMPUR
INC 47.3%won by 6.6%IND 40.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.2% to 6.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
38,775
Margin
2,552
6.58%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SAMARAJIT BANDYOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC18,34247.3%
- 2NALINAKSHA SANYALIndependent · IND15,79040.7%
- 3BISWANATH AGARWALLAIndependent · IND3,2548.4%
- 4SAHADEB BISWASJS · JS1,3893.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −30.6%
- INC share
- 56.0% → 47.3%
- IND share
- 18.8% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- — → —