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Constituency

74. Bhatpara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-BHATPARA

INC 56.1%won by 14.4%CPI 41.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 39.0% to 56.1% of the vote here (+17.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 78.9% — 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
41,429
Margin
5,982
14.44%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
+15.2%
INC share
39.0% 56.1%
CPI share
39.8% 41.7%
Turnout