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Constituency

250. Rampurhat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

WB-RAMPURHAT

INC 49.8%won by 14.0%FB 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 15.3% to 49.8% of the vote here (+34.5%).
  • New challengerFB (FB) finished second with 35.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.6% of the vote between them, up from 49.9% — 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
28,275
Margin
3,953
13.98%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCFB swing
−1.3%
INC share
15.3% 49.8%
FB share
0.0% 35.8%
Turnout