Election
Constituency

91. Canning

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-CANNING

INC 46.0%won by 2.6%IND 43.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 2.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.4% of the vote between them, up from 59.2% — 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
34,262
Margin
882
2.57%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−22.4%
INC share
30.5% 46.0%
IND share
5.6% 43.4%
Turnout