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Constituency

88. Haroa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-HAROA

INC 46.3%won by 5.7%IND 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.6% to 5.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.9% of the vote between them, up from 77.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
35,719
Margin
2,034
5.69%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JEHANGIR KABIRIndian National Congress · INC16,53046.3%
  2. 2ABDUL MOQUIDIndependent · IND14,49640.6%
  3. 3ARABALLOU MONDALIndependent · IND2,6057.3%
  4. 4CHANDRA KANTA SARKERJS · JS1,0933.1%
  5. 5TARUBALA MONDALIndependent · IND9952.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−30.1%
INC share
46.9% → 46.3%
IND share
11.0% → 40.6%
Turnout
— → —
87. Kalinagar89. Bhangar
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