Constituency
66. Kaliganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-KALIGANJ
INC 53.1%won by 6.3%BAC 46.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 6.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 46.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 69.2% — 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
52,711
Margin
3,317
6.29%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1S.M.F.RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC28,01453.1%
- 2R.N.MUKHERJEEBAC · BAC24,69746.9%
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–BAC swing
- −32.8%
- INC share
- 39.1% → 53.1%
- BAC share
- 0.0% → 46.9%
- Turnout
- — → —