Constituency
28. Raiganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-RAIGANJ
PSP 41.4%won by 10.5%INC 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 10.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 20.1% to 41.4% of the vote here (+21.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.3% of the vote between them, up from 64.0% — 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
39,421
Margin
4,145
10.51%
Candidates
5 contested · winner PSP- 1N.N.KUNDUPraja Socialist Party · PSP16,31841.4%
- 2R.N.DUTTIndian National Congress · INC12,17330.9%
- 3M.ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,07818.0%
- 4B.G.ROYIndependent · IND2,1445.4%
- 5M.A.ALIIndependent · IND1,7084.3%
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–INC swing
- +29.8%
- PSP share
- 20.1% → 41.4%
- INC share
- 39.3% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —