Constituency
480. Serampore
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-SERAMPORE
CPI 51.6%won by 3.2%INC 48.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 3.2%.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.8% to 64.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,21,686
Turnout
64.2%
Valid votes
3,35,122
Margin
10,862
3.24%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1DINENDRA NATH BHATTACHARYACommunist Party of India · CPI1,72,99251.6%
- 2JITENDRA NATH LAHIRIIndian National Congress · INC1,62,13048.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +5.5%
- CPI share
- 48.9% → 51.6%
- INC share
- 51.1% → 48.4%
- Turnout
- 57.5% → 64.2%