Constituency
30. Itahar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-ITAHAR
INC 55.3%won by 32.6%IND 22.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.4% to 32.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 22.7% — it polled just 1.6% in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.1% between them, down from 98.4% — 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
46,289
Margin
15,091
32.60%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1Z.ABEDINIndian National Congress · INC25,62055.3%
- 2B.L.CHATTOPADHYAYIndependent · IND10,52922.7%
- 3A.DASIndependent · IND7,09215.3%
- 4K. ALIIndependent · IND1,7803.8%
- 5A.N.SENBAC · BAC1,2682.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −18.2%
- INC share
- 52.4% → 55.3%
- IND share
- 1.6% → 22.7%
- Turnout
- — → —