Constituency
161. Dhaniakhali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-DHANIAKHALI
INC 45.9%won by 11.5%IND 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 11.5%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.2% of the vote between them, up from 53.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
47,499
Margin
5,473
11.52%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BIRENDRA CHAUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC21,78245.9%
- 2RAM CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND16,30934.3%
- 3PRAPHULLA KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAYIndependent · IND8,04616.9%
- 4AJIT KUMAR BASU MALLICKPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,3622.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +0.5%
- INC share
- 27.4% → 45.9%
- IND share
- 16.4% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —