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Constituency

41. Malda

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1967

WB-MALDA

INC 49.1%won by 26.7%SWA 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 26.7%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 29.8% to 49.1% of the vote here (+19.4%).
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 22.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.6% between them, down from 82.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
39,487
Margin
10,530
26.67%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSWA swing
−3.1%
INC share
29.8% 49.1%
SWA share
0.0% 22.5%
Turnout