Constituency
65. Tehatta
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-TEHATTA
INC 44.4%won by 1.1%CPM 43.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.9% to 1.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 43.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
49,975
Margin
550
1.10%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1S.BANERJIIndian National Congress · INC22,16844.4%
- 2M.MOHANTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,61843.3%
- 3M.BHADURIIndependent · IND4,99210.0%
- 4N.K.SARKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,1972.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −55.3%
- INC share
- 56.4% → 44.4%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 43.3%
- Turnout
- — → —