Constituency
12. Falakata
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-FALAKATA
PSP 38.8%won by 6.2%INC 32.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 6.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% between them, down from 77.5% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
36,699
Margin
2,258
6.15%
Candidates
3 contested · winner PSP- 1J.ROYPraja Socialist Party · PSP14,22338.8%
- 2H.L.SINGHAIndian National Congress · INC11,96532.6%
- 3N.N.ROYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP10,51128.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +9.5%
- PSP share
- 37.1% → 38.8%
- INC share
- 40.4% → 32.6%
- Turnout
- — → —