Election
Constituency

144. Sankrail

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-SANKRAIL

CPI 50.4%won by 2.2%INC 48.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 1.9% to 2.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from FBM (FBM) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 56.8% — 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
38,825
Margin
853
2.20%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−12.5%
CPI share
29.4% 50.4%
INC share
14.7% 48.2%
Turnout