Constituency
31. Kushmandi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-KUSHMANDI
INC 40.2%won by 18.9%CPI 21.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 30.2% to 40.2% of the vote here (+10.0%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.4% between them, down from 72.0% — 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
30,945
Margin
5,853
18.91%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1J.M.ROYIndian National Congress · INC12,43340.2%
- 2B.C.SARKERCommunist Party of India · CPI6,58021.3%
- 3J.N.ROYIndependent · IND5,79718.7%
- 4J.K.R.CHOWDHARYIndependent · IND5,57718.0%
- 5R.N.ROY SARKERIndependent · IND5581.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +30.6%
- INC share
- 30.2% → 40.2%
- CPI share
- 41.9% → 21.3%
- Turnout
- — → —