Election
Constituency

130. Bara Bazar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-BARA-BAZAR

INC 74.6%won by 60.6%CPI 14.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 59.4% to 60.6%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 14.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
33,835
Margin
20,493
60.57%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ISHAWAR DAS JALANIndian National Congress · INC25,24774.6%
  2. 2KISHAN LAL MAKHARIACommunist Party of India · CPI4,75414.1%
  3. 3SACHIDANAND PANDEYIndependent · IND3,3109.8%
  4. 4PADMA SINGH KUSHWAHSOC · SOC3331.0%
  5. 5HARENDRA NARAYAN BHATTACHARJIIndependent · IND1910.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−14.2%
INC share
74.8% → 74.6%
CPI share
0.0% → 14.1%
Turnout
— → —
129. Bow Bazar131. Burtola South
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