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194. Gopiballavpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-GOPIBALLAVPUR

INC 48.7%won by 11.3%PSP 37.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.9% to 11.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.2% of the vote between them, up from 48.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
29,861
Margin
3,369
11.28%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SURENDRA NATH MAHTAIndian National Congress · INC14,55348.7%
  2. 2DHANANJOY KARPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,18437.5%
  3. 3SANKAR PRASAD GHOSHIndependent · IND1,7345.8%
  4. 4CHARAN SINGIndependent · IND1,2074.0%
  5. 5ABHOY CHARAN TUDUIndependent · IND1,1834.0%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−0.3%
INC share
27.2% → 48.7%
PSP share
15.7% → 37.5%
Turnout
— → —
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