Constituency
73. Santipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-SANTIPUR
CPM 47.6%won by 9.5%INC 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 9.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 47.6% of the vote here (+47.6%).
- 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
43,453
Margin
4,118
9.48%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1K.PALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,69547.6%
- 2H.DEYIndian National Congress · INC16,57738.1%
- 3N.GOSWAMIIndependent · IND4,2239.7%
- 4B.PRAMANIKIndependent · IND1,9584.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +44.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 47.6%
- INC share
- 35.3% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- — → —