Constituency
129. Bow Bazar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-BOW-BAZAR
INC 58.6%won by 19.3%CPI 39.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 19.3%.
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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Valid votes
34,322
Margin
6,607
19.25%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BIJOY SINGH NAHARIndian National Congress · INC20,09858.6%
- 2MD. ISMAILCommunist Party of India · CPI13,49139.3%
- 3KALYAN BARATA ROYSwatantra Party · SWA5521.6%
- 4SYED AHMAD HASHAMISOC · SOC1810.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +17.5%
- INC share
- 50.1% → 58.6%
- CPI share
- 48.3% → 39.3%
- Turnout
- — → —