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Constituency

86. Sandeshkhali

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-SANDESHKHALI

INC 41.5%won by 9.1%RSP 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

The 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.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,327
Margin
3,853
9.10%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCRSP swing
−16.8%
INC share
25.9% 41.5%
RSP share
0.0% 32.4%
Turnout