Constituency
464. Malda
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MALDA
INC 43.7%won by 15.5%IND 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 15.5%.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,63,938
Turnout
49.9%
Valid votes
2,31,692
Margin
35,821
15.46%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1RENUKA RAYIndian National Congress · INC1,01,33643.7%
- 2HAJI ABDUS SATTARIndependent · IND65,51528.3%
- 3ATUL CHANDRA KUMARSwatantra Party · SWA64,84128.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −2.4%
- INC share
- 46.5% → 43.7%
- IND share
- 28.7% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- 51.1% → 49.9%