Constituency
188. Kharagpur Local
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-KHARAGPUR-LOCAL
INC 54.1%won by 14.7%CPI 39.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.5% to 14.7%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 58.7% — 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
30,231
Margin
4,437
14.68%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MRITYUNJOY JANAIndian National Congress · INC16,34854.1%
- 2DEBEN DASCommunist Party of India · CPI11,91139.4%
- 3SATTAR ALI KHANPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,6185.4%
- 4BHUPENDRA NATH ROYHMS · HMS3541.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +1.8%
- INC share
- 30.1% → 54.1%
- CPI share
- 17.2% → 39.4%
- Turnout
- — → —