Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Contai

Basanta Kumar Das (INC) won by 85,408 votes (26.4%).

Electors
5,13,853
Votes polled
3,32,199
Valid votes
3,23,033
Turnout
64.6%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 26.4% (median 12.2%). Back to West Bengal · 1962 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1999
Margin · 2004
6.4%(+4.9%)
Turnout
85.2%(+2.1%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
93.9%

Winning margin over time · Contai

1952195719621967197119771980198419891991199619981999200451%

Candidates

Candidates · Contai 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Basanta Kumar DasWinnerINC1,87,54858.1%
2Prafulla Chandra GhoshPSP1,02,14031.6%
3Pulin SenIND33,34510.3%

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