Election
Constituency

108. Behala

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-BEHALA

CPI 55.0%won by 19.2%INC 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.4% to 19.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.8% between them, down from 98.1% — 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
64,852
Margin
12,438
19.18%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−12.3%
CPI share
64.8% 55.0%
INC share
33.3% 35.8%
Turnout