Constituency
220. Chhatna
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-CHHATNA
INC 56.5%won by 17.9%IND 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.8% to 17.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.2% of the vote between them, up from 57.0% — 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
18,957
Margin
3,385
17.86%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KAMLA KANTA HEMRAMIndian National Congress · INC10,71556.5%
- 2ANATH BANDHU SARENIndependent · IND7,33038.7%
- 3BIDYA NATH TUDUIndependent · IND9124.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +0.9%
- INC share
- 30.9% → 56.5%
- IND share
- 14.0% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- — → —