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Constituency

72. Bijpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-BIJPUR

CPI 47.3%won by 3.8%INC 43.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.5% to 3.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
43,122
Margin
1,645
3.81%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−4.7%
CPI share
50.3% 47.3%
INC share
41.8% 43.4%
Turnout