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175. Nandigram South

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-NANDIGRAM-SOUTH

INC 58.6%won by 17.1%CPI 41.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 47.8% to 58.6% of the vote here (+10.8%).

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
52,846
Margin
9,056
17.14%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRABIR CHANDRA JANAIndian National Congress · INC30,95158.6%
  2. 2BHUPAL CHANDRA PANDACommunist Party of India · CPI21,89541.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPI swing
+21.6%
INC share
47.8% → 58.6%
CPI share
52.2% → 41.4%
Turnout
— → —
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