Election
Constituency

116. Rashbehari Avenue

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-RASHBEHARI-AVENUE

IND 45.1%won by 8.8%INC 36.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 8.8%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 16.4% to 45.1% of the vote here (+28.7%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
38,235
Margin
3,372
8.82%

Candidates

3 contested · winner IND
  1. 1BEJOY KUMAR BANERJEEIndependent · IND17,24345.1%
  2. 2PRIYA RANJAN SENIndian National Congress · INC13,87136.3%
  3. 3SUNIL DASPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,12118.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+31.7%
IND share
16.4% → 45.1%
INC share
39.3% → 36.3%
Turnout
— → —
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