Constituency
86. Sandeshkhali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-SANDESHKHALI
INC 41.5%won by 9.1%RSP 32.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.9% to 41.5% of the vote here (+15.6%).
- New challengerRashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) finished second with 32.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.9% of the vote between them, up from 62.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
42,327
Margin
3,853
9.10%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1ANANTA KUMAR BAIDYAIndian National Congress · INC17,56441.5%
- 2HARAN CHANDRA MONDALRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP13,71132.4%
- 3GIRINDRA NATH MONDALJS · JS9,55022.6%
- 4BINOD BIHARI GAYENIndependent · IND1,5023.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–RSP swing
- −16.8%
- INC share
- 25.9% → 41.5%
- RSP share
- 0.0% → 32.4%
- Turnout
- — → —