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469. Barrackpore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BARRACKPORE

CPI 57.6%won by 23.8%INC 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 23.8%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 57.6% of the vote here (+57.6%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 11.3% to 67.5%.

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

Electorate
5,87,830
Turnout
67.5%
Valid votes
3,96,642
Margin
94,424
23.81%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RENU CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India · CPI2,28,31857.6%
  2. 2RAM DHARI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,33,89433.8%
  3. 3SIBNATH BANERJEEPraja Socialist Party · PSP20,2575.1%
  4. 4BISWANATH DUBEYIndependent · IND9,8712.5%
  5. 5SACHINDRANATH CHATTERJEESwatantra Party · SWA4,3021.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+60.2%
CPI share
0.0% → 57.6%
INC share
36.4% → 33.8%
Turnout
56.2% → 67.5%
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