Election
Constituency

465. Murshidabad

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MURSHIDABAD

IND 47.0%won by 9.1%INC 37.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 9.1%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 18.3% to 47.0% of the vote here (+28.7%).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.3% to 44.6%.

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

Electorate
4,86,451
Turnout
44.6%
Valid votes
2,17,103
Margin
19,836
9.14%

Candidates

4 contested · winner IND
  1. 1SYED BADRUDDUJAIndependent · IND1,02,06747.0%
  2. 2ABDUS SATTARIndian National Congress · INC82,23137.9%
  3. 3ANANDA GOPAL CHATTOPADHYAYAHMS · HMS22,44310.3%
  4. 4ARUP KUMAR ACHARYYAIndependent · IND10,3624.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+32.8%
IND share
18.3% → 47.0%
INC share
41.9% → 37.9%
Turnout
47.9% → 44.6%
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