Constituency
88. Basirhat
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BASIRHAT
CPI 64.6%won by 33.0%INC 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 33.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 34.9% to 64.6% of the vote here (+29.8%).
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
50,508
Margin
16,650
32.97%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1A.B.BANDOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India · CPI32,63164.6%
- 2B.C.SENIndian National Congress · INC15,98131.6%
- 3R.B.GHOSECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,8963.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +57.3%
- CPI share
- 34.9% → 64.6%
- INC share
- 59.2% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- — → —