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Constituency

95. Kakdwip

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-KAKDWIP

INC 34.4%won by 6.4%IND 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.4% to 6.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 29.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
60,442
Margin
3,860
6.39%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−57.8%
INC share
64.2% 34.4%
IND share
0.0% 28.0%
Turnout