Constituency
482. Ghatal
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-GHATAL
INC 53.6%won by 9.2%CPI 44.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 9.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,23,928
Turnout
63.8%
Valid votes
3,34,301
Margin
30,838
9.22%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SACHINDRA NATH CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC1,79,04553.6%
- 2MANORANJAN ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,48,20744.3%
- 3BASANTA KUMAR CHAKRAVERTYHMS · HMS7,0492.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −10.1%
- INC share
- 59.6% → 53.6%
- CPI share
- 40.4% → 44.3%
- Turnout
- 62.6% → 63.8%