Constituency
27. Karandighi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-KARANDIGHI
PSP 38.6%won by 14.1%FBL 24.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 14.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerFBL (FBL) finished second with 24.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.1% between them, down from 83.4% — the field split more ways.
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
34,619
Margin
4,878
14.09%
Candidates
6 contested · winner PSP- 1H.S.HUSSAINPraja Socialist Party · PSP13,36138.6%
- 2S.C.SINHAFBL · FBL8,48324.5%
- 3P.C.SINHAIndian National Congress · INC5,80016.8%
- 4B.B.LALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3,3699.7%
- 5K.C.GHOSHIndependent · IND2,9648.6%
- 6S.AHMADIndependent · IND6421.9%
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–FBL swing
- −24.2%
- PSP share
- 38.3% → 38.6%
- FBL share
- 0.0% → 24.5%
- Turnout
- — → —