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159. Balagarh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-BALAGARH

INC 56.8%won by 21.3%CPI 35.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 44.9% to 56.8% of the vote here (+11.9%).
  • 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
43,731
Margin
9,333
21.34%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BRINDABAN CHATTOPADHYYAIndian National Congress · INC24,82356.8%
  2. 2BIJOY KRISHNA MODAKCommunist Party of India · CPI15,49035.4%
  3. 3NRISINHA PRASAD BHATTACHARYYAIndependent · IND3,4187.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPI swing
+24.0%
INC share
44.9% → 56.8%
CPI share
47.5% → 35.4%
Turnout
— → —
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