Constituency
163. Khanakul
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-KHANAKUL
INC 60.9%won by 25.1%CPI 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 25.1%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 69.7% — 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
42,658
Margin
10,700
25.08%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KRISHNA PADA PANDITIndian National Congress · INC25,99960.9%
- 2MADAN MOHAN SAHACommunist Party of India · CPI15,29935.9%
- 3PANCHANAN DIGPATIIndependent · IND1,3603.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +7.1%
- INC share
- 35.8% → 60.9%
- CPI share
- 17.8% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- — → —