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Constituency

470. Basirhat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BASIRHAT

INC 53.7%won by 17.3%CPI 36.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.3% to 17.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 45.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 35.8% to 59.9%.

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

Electorate
5,19,902
Turnout
59.9%
Valid votes
3,11,635
Margin
54,059
17.35%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
+15.0%
INC share
24.1% 53.7%
CPI share
21.8% 36.4%
Turnout
95.7% 59.9%