Constituency
196. Jhargram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-JHARGRAM
INC 43.5%won by 7.3%PSP 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 7.3%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.8% between them, down from 88.1% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 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
31,041
Margin
2,251
7.25%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1MAHENDRA NATH MAHATAIndian National Congress · INC13,51643.5%
- 2SIVAPADA ROYPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,26536.3%
- 3SHYAMSUNDAR PALIndependent · IND3,34810.8%
- 4KALIPADA MAHATAIndependent · IND2,6368.5%
- 5BIRENDRA NATH SARENHMS · HMS2760.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +2.5%
- INC share
- 46.4% → 43.5%
- PSP share
- 41.7% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- — → —