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Constituency

468. Barasat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BARASAT

INC 50.2%won by 12.5%CPI 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.2% to 12.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
6,47,008
Turnout
58.0%
Valid votes
3,75,544
Margin
46,803
12.46%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
+10.3%
INC share
51.1% 50.2%
CPI share
48.9% 37.7%
Turnout
56.6% 58.0%