Constituency
34. Balurghat
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BALURGHAT
IND 50.6%won by 9.1%INC 41.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 9.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 50.6% of the vote here (+50.6%).
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
46,579
Margin
4,261
9.15%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1M.BASUIndependent · IND23,58350.6%
- 2G.L.GHOSEIndian National Congress · INC19,32241.5%
- 3S.C.SARKARIndependent · IND2,7435.9%
- 4D.N.MOHANTOIndependent · IND6761.5%
- 5K.P.DASIndependent · IND2550.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +58.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 50.6%
- INC share
- 49.5% → 41.5%
- Turnout
- — → —