Constituency
187. Kharagpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-KHARAGPUR
CPI 52.0%won by 12.8%INC 39.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.3% to 12.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
34,900
Margin
4,476
12.83%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1NARAYAN CHOUBEYCommunist Party of India · CPI18,16252.0%
- 2GYAN SINGH SOHAN PALIndian National Congress · INC13,68639.2%
- 3PENTAYYA P.Praja Socialist Party · PSP1,4774.2%
- 4BALAI CHAND GHOSEIndependent · IND1,0052.9%
- 5KRISHNA SATPATHIJS · JS5701.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −9.5%
- CPI share
- 57.9% → 52.0%
- INC share
- 35.5% → 39.2%
- Turnout
- — → —