Constituency

490. Asansol

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-ASANSOL

INC 38.8%won by 4.8%CPI 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 4.8%.

New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 34.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.8% of the vote between them, up from 55.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 39.6% to 40.1%.

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

Electorate

4,54,700

Turnout

40.1%

Valid votes

1,82,389

Margin

8,844

4.85%