Constituency
492. Burdwan
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-BURDWAN
INC 55.8%won by 11.7%FB 44.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: FBM (FBM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 49.5% to 55.8% of the vote here (+6.3%).
- New challengerFB (FB) finished second with 44.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,34,273
Turnout
52.1%
Valid votes
2,78,500
Margin
32,470
11.66%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1GURUGOBINDA BASUIndian National Congress · INC1,55,48555.8%
- 2SUBIMAN GHOSEFB · FB1,23,01544.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- FBM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–FB swing
- −37.9%
- INC share
- 49.5% → 55.8%
- FB share
- 0.0% → 44.2%
- Turnout
- 50.2% → 52.1%