Constituency
15. Nagrakata
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-NAGRAKATA
INC 48.3%won by 15.3%CPM 33.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.1% to 15.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 33.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.3% of the vote between them, up from 75.4% — a tighter two-way 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
33,121
Margin
5,082
15.34%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1B.BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC16,00248.3%
- 2P.URAONCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,92033.0%
- 3M.BHAGATIndependent · IND6,19918.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −30.9%
- INC share
- 46.3% → 48.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 33.0%
- Turnout
- — → —