Constituency
32. Gangarampur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-GANGARAMPUR
INC 26.7%won by 6.1%CPM 20.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.6% to 26.7% of the vote here (−16.0%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 47.2% between them, down from 93.0% — 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
38,957
Margin
2,369
6.08%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1K.SAYEDIndian National Congress · INC10,38426.7%
- 2A.SARKERCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,01520.6%
- 3M.K.BAGCHICommunist Party of India · CPI7,88620.2%
- 4A.HAKIMIndependent · IND4,98512.8%
- 5S.L.PARIKIndependent · IND4,32111.1%
- 6B.B.SAHAIndependent · IND3,3668.6%
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–CPM swing
- −36.6%
- INC share
- 42.6% → 26.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 20.6%
- Turnout
- — → —