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Constituency

122. Belgachia

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-BELGACHIA

CPI 53.3%won by 6.7%INC 46.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.7% to 6.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 83.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
50,662
Margin
3,384
6.68%

Candidates

2 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1GANESH GHOSHCommunist Party of India · CPI27,02353.3%
  2. 2GANAPATI SURIndian National Congress · INC23,63946.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−14.0%
CPI share
52.3% 53.3%
INC share
31.6% 46.7%
Turnout