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Constituency

222. Hirapur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-HIRAPUR

INC 49.8%won by 14.2%CPI 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.4% to 49.8% of the vote here (+14.4%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.4% between them, down from 90.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
27,692
Margin
3,925
14.17%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
−21.3%
INC share
35.4% 49.8%
CPI share
0.0% 35.6%
Turnout