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Constituency

57. Karimpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-KARIMPUR

INC 47.3%won by 6.6%IND 40.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
38,775
Margin
2,552
6.58%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−30.6%
INC share
56.0% 47.3%
IND share
18.8% 40.7%
Turnout