Constituency
2. Mathabhanga
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-MATHABHANGA
CPM 64.3%won by 28.5%INC 35.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 28.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 64.3% of the vote here (+64.3%).
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
41,815
Margin
11,929
28.53%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPM- 1D.C.DAKUACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,87264.3%
- 2M.N.DAKUAIndian National Congress · INC14,94335.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +83.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 64.3%
- INC share
- 54.8% → 35.7%
- Turnout
- — → —