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Constituency

26. Goal Pokhar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1967

WB-GOAL-POKHAR

PSP 36.5%won by 5.2%SSP 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Praja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.1% to 5.2%.

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

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 31.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.8% between them, down from 76.9% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
25,545
Margin
1,335
5.23%

Since 1962

Derived

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

Winner then
PSP
Winner now
PSP
PSPSSP swing
−36.8%
PSP share
42.0% 36.5%
SSP share
0.0% 31.3%
Turnout