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Constituency

70. Habra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-HABRA

INC 62.6%won by 26.9%CPI 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.7% to 26.9%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
62,988
Margin
16,915
26.85%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1TARUN KANTI GHOSEIndian National Congress · INC39,46062.6%
  2. 2SADHAN SENCommunist Party of India · CPI22,54535.8%
  3. 3GOBINDA LAL BANERJEESwarna Bharat Party · SBP6421.0%
  4. 4ABDUL JALILIndependent · IND3410.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+1.2%
INC share
61.0% → 62.6%
CPI share
35.3% → 35.8%
Turnout
— → —
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