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Constituency

89. Bhangar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-BHANGAR

INC 57.7%won by 34.8%IND 22.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.4% to 34.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.6% of the vote between them, up from 72.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
52,552
Margin
18,263
34.75%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+19.3%
INC share
43.9% 57.7%
IND share
28.5% 22.9%
Turnout