Constituency
53. Murshidabad
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-MURSHIDABAD
INC 53.1%won by 17.6%IND 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.3% to 53.1% of the vote here (+20.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 83.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
41,147
Margin
7,225
17.56%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1S.K.A.MEERZAIndian National Congress · INC21,84353.1%
- 2S.N.J.MEERZAIndependent · IND14,61835.5%
- 3P.C.HALDARIndependent · IND2,1585.2%
- 4A.BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND1,6994.1%
- 5J.H.SARKARIndependent · IND8292.0%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +36.0%
- INC share
- 32.3% → 53.1%
- IND share
- 50.7% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- — → —