Constituency
239. Purbasthali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-PURBASTHALI
INC 51.4%won by 6.1%CPI 45.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.7% to 6.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
42,635
Margin
2,616
6.14%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1BIMALANANDA TARKATIRTHAIndian National Congress · INC21,92551.4%
- 2SUBODH BHOWALCommunist Party of India · CPI19,30945.3%
- 3MONORANJAN CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND1,4013.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −6.6%
- INC share
- 56.3% → 51.4%
- CPI share
- 43.7% → 45.3%
- Turnout
- — → —