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Constituency

114. Chowringhee

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-CHOWRINGHEE

INC 72.1%won by 48.5%CPI 23.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 42.4% to 48.5%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
31,291
Margin
15,166
48.47%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BIDHAN CHANDRA ROYIndian National Congress · INC22,55672.1%
  2. 2BISWANATH MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI7,39023.6%
  3. 3KAZI MOHAMMAD ALIIndependent · IND7582.4%
  4. 4AJIT KUMAR MAJUMDARSwatantra Party · SWA3051.0%
  5. 5AMAL RAYJS · JS2820.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−21.1%
INC share
69.6% → 72.1%
CPI share
0.0% → 23.6%
Turnout
— → —
113. Kalighat115. Bhowanipur
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