Constituency
115. Bhowanipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-BHOWANIPUR
IND 53.5%won by 6.9%INC 46.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 6.9%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 15.8% to 53.5% of the vote here (+37.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
34,228
Margin
2,366
6.91%
Candidates
2 contested · winner IND- 1SIDDHARTHA SHANKAR RAYIndependent · IND18,29753.5%
- 2PRITI KR. ROY CHAUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC15,93146.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +41.9%
- IND share
- 15.8% → 53.5%
- INC share
- 50.8% → 46.5%
- Turnout
- — → —