Constituency
94. Basanti
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BASANTI
INC 38.5%won by 2.6%IND 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.0% to 2.6%.
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 21.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Multi-cornered4 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
55,325
Margin
1,446
2.61%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1S.KHATUNIndian National Congress · INC21,32538.5%
- 2S.SARKARIndependent · IND19,87935.9%
- 3S.L.DASIndependent · IND7,03612.7%
- 4B.RAHAMANBAC · BAC4,7468.6%
- 5L.K.SINHAIndependent · IND1,8423.3%
- 6P.MONDALIndependent · IND4970.9%
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–IND swing
- −39.4%
- INC share
- 60.4% → 38.5%
- IND share
- 18.5% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- — → —