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Constituency

79. Dum Dum

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-DUM-DUM

CPI 58.7%won by 21.0%INC 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 21.0%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 58.7% of the vote here (+58.7%).

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
83,096
Margin
17,451
21.00%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1TARUN KUMAR SEN GUPTACommunist Party of India · CPI48,80858.7%
  2. 2PRASHANTA KUMAR GHOSEIndian National Congress · INC31,35737.7%
  3. 3PABITRA MOHAN ROYPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,9313.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+54.0%
CPI share
0.0% → 58.7%
INC share
33.0% → 37.7%
Turnout
— → —
78. Baranagar80. Rajarhat
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