Constituency
95. Kakdwip
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-KAKDWIP
INC 34.4%won by 6.4%IND 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
60,442
Margin
3,860
6.39%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MAYA BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC20,77834.4%
- 2GOBARDHAN DINGALIndependent · IND16,91828.0%
- 3HRISHIHESH MAITYCommunist Party of India · CPI13,96523.1%
- 4HARIPADA BAGULIPraja Socialist Party · PSP8,78114.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −57.8%
- INC share
- 64.2% → 34.4%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —