Constituency
21. Darjeeling
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-DARJEELING
IND 51.0%won by 18.6%INC 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: GL (GL) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 18.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 6.4% to 51.0% of the vote here (+44.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.5% of the vote between them, up from 74.0% — 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
27,987
Margin
5,196
18.57%
Candidates
3 contested · winner IND- 1D.RAIIndependent · IND14,28151.0%
- 2M.K.THAPAIndian National Congress · INC9,08532.5%
- 3G.L.SUBBAIndependent · IND4,62116.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- GL
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +30.6%
- IND share
- 6.4% → 51.0%
- INC share
- 18.4% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —