Constituency
92. Sandeshkhali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-SANDESHKHALI
INC 42.0%won by 8.9%CPM 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 9.1% to 8.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- 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
42,600
Margin
3,801
8.92%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1D.N.SINHAIndian National Congress · INC17,89442.0%
- 2S.SARDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,09333.1%
- 3A.SARDARCommunist Party of India · CPI8,70820.4%
- 4P.PAHANTIGAIndependent · IND1,9054.5%
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
- −32.6%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 42.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —