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Constituency

63. Santipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-SANTIPUR

IND 53.8%won by 18.5%INC 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 18.5%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 36.8% to 53.8% of the vote here (+17.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.1% of the vote between them, up from 83.7% — 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
49,352
Margin
9,153
18.55%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
INDINC swing
+28.7%
IND share
36.8% 53.8%
INC share
46.9% 35.3%
Turnout