Constituency
186. Sabang
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-SABANG
INC 53.0%won by 6.0%IND 47.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.6% to 6.0%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 86.1% — 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
48,171
Margin
2,899
6.02%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1ADITYA KUMAR BAKURAIndian National Congress · INC25,53553.0%
- 2GOURANGA CHANDRA SAMANTAIndependent · IND22,63647.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −41.6%
- INC share
- 50.3% → 53.0%
- IND share
- 2.7% → 47.0%
- Turnout
- — → —