Constituency
139. Howrah North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-HOWRAH-NORTH
INC 61.0%won by 24.2%CPI 36.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 46.7% to 61.0% of the vote here (+14.3%).
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
41,265
Margin
9,968
24.16%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SAILA MUKERJEEIndian National Congress · INC25,16661.0%
- 2BIREN BANERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI15,19836.8%
- 3RAM PUKARIndependent · IND3830.9%
- 4RAMA SANKARLALSwatantra Party · SWA3300.8%
- 5JOYNARAYAN SHARMAIndependent · IND1880.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +24.9%
- INC share
- 46.7% → 61.0%
- CPI share
- 47.4% → 36.8%
- Turnout
- — → —