Constituency
173. Mahishadal
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-MAHISHADAL
INC 53.1%won by 6.3%IND 46.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.5% to 53.1% of the vote here (+30.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 45.0% — 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
45,010
Margin
2,830
6.29%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SUSHIL KUMAR DHARAIndian National Congress · INC23,92053.1%
- 2JAGADINDRA NATH MAITIIndependent · IND21,09046.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −12.1%
- INC share
- 22.5% → 53.1%
- IND share
- 4.1% → 46.9%
- Turnout
- — → —