Constituency
242. Ketugram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1962
WB-KETUGRAM
CPI 38.0%won by 12.9%IND 25.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 12.9%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 13.2% to 38.0% of the vote here (+24.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 63.1% of the vote between them, up from 57.9% — 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
35,326
Margin
4,558
12.90%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1SHREEMOHAN THAKURCommunist Party of India · CPI13,43138.0%
- 2ABUL QASIMIndependent · IND8,87325.1%
- 3ABDUS SATTARIndian National Congress · INC8,22223.3%
- 4BASANTA KUMAR BANDOPADHAYIndependent · IND4,80013.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–IND swing
- +2.3%
- CPI share
- 13.2% → 38.0%
- IND share
- 2.6% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- — → —