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Constituency

17. Mal

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1967

WB-MAL

INC 54.3%won by 28.3%CPI 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.8% to 28.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
40,660
Margin
11,495
28.27%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
+2.5%
INC share
52.1% 54.3%
CPI share
26.3% 26.1%
Turnout