Election
Constituency

231. Galsi

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-GALSI

INC 54.9%won by 9.9%FB 45.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 20.5% to 54.9% of the vote here (+34.5%).
  • New challengerFB (FB) finished second with 45.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 48.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
28,374
Margin
2,808
9.90%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KANAI LAL DASIndian National Congress · INC15,59154.9%
  2. 2PRAMATHA NATH DHIBARFB · FB12,78345.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCFB swing
−10.6%
INC share
20.5% 54.9%
FB share
0.0% 45.1%
Turnout