Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Malda

Renuka Ray (INC) won by 35,821 votes (15.5%).

Electors
4,63,938
Votes polled
2,43,644
Valid votes
2,31,692
Turnout
52.5%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 15.5% (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 1999
Margin · 2004
13.1%(+10.1%)
Turnout
77.5%(-0.7%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
84.2%

Winning margin over time · Malda

1952195719621967197119771980198419891991199619981999200429%

Candidates

Candidates · Malda 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Renuka RayWinnerINC1,01,33643.7%
2Haji Abdus SattarIND65,51528.3%
3Atul Chandra KumarSWA64,84128.0%

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