Constituency
211. Raipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-RAIPUR
INC 46.5%won by 15.5%PSP 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 15.5%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.5% of the vote between them, up from 32.1% — 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
33,237
Margin
5,147
15.49%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SUDHA RANI DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC15,45146.5%
- 2BIBHUTI BHUSAN MANDALPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,30431.0%
- 3LAKSHMI NARAYAN HAZRAIndependent · IND3,74111.3%
- 4BRAJENDRA HANSDAIndependent · IND2,8178.5%
- 5RAJENDRA MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND9242.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +5.0%
- INC share
- 17.8% → 46.5%
- PSP share
- 7.3% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —