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459. Cooch Behar

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-COOCH-BEHAR

FB 56.3%won by 12.6%INC 43.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FB (FB), which now leads by 12.6%.

  • FB vote shareFB went from 0.0% to 56.3% of the vote here (+56.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 60.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 47.6% to 47.0%.

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

Electorate
5,33,835
Turnout
47.0%
Valid votes
2,51,112
Margin
31,760
12.65%

Candidates

2 contested · winner FB
  1. 1DEBENDRA NATH KARJEEFB · FB1,41,43656.3%
  2. 2UPENDRA NATH BARMANIndian National Congress · INC1,09,67643.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
FBflipped
FBINC swing
+44.9%
FB share
0.0% 56.3%
INC share
32.2% 43.7%
Turnout
94.7% 47.0%