Constituency
184. Dantan
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-DANTAN
INC 60.9%won by 28.9%IND 32.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.0% to 28.9%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
39,943
Margin
11,547
28.91%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1CHARU CHANDRA MAHANTIIndian National Congress · INC24,33760.9%
- 2BASANT KUMAR PANIGRAHIIndependent · IND12,79032.0%
- 3AMAL MAITYPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,8167.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +4.0%
- INC share
- 57.4% → 60.9%
- IND share
- 32.5% → 32.0%
- Turnout
- — → —