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Constituency

243. Labhpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-LABHPUR

CPI 37.7%won by 4.6%IND 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.8% to 4.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.9% between them, down from 92.4% — 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
38,607
Margin
1,776
4.60%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIIND swing
−42.5%
CPI share
47.1% 37.7%
IND share
0.0% 33.1%
Turnout