Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Darjeeling

T. Manaen (INC) won by 8,427 votes (4.5%).

Electors
4,21,110
Votes polled
1,97,796
Valid votes
1,88,758
Turnout
47.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 4.5% (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.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
13.6%(-19.3%)
Turnout
75.2%(-8.2%)
NOTA
1.4%
Top-2 squeeze
90.1%

Winning margin over time · Darjeeling

1957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202433%

Candidates

Candidates · Darjeeling 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1T. ManaenWinnerINC66,12935.0%
2Ratan Lal BrahmanCPI57,70230.6%
3Chandra Kanta TamangGL46,12724.4%
4Biraja Mohan BhattacharjeeJS11,7306.2%
5Ramnath DubeyIND7,0703.7%

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