Constituency
110. Diamond Harbour
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-DIAMOND-HARBOUR
CPM 38.3%won by 3.6%BAC 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 3.6%.
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 38.3% of the vote here (+38.3%).
- New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.9% of the vote between them, up from 65.5% — 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
59,502
Margin
2,152
3.62%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1A.Q.MOLLACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,76538.3%
- 2J.HALDARBAC · BAC20,61334.6%
- 3M.BANERJIIndian National Congress · INC15,31425.7%
- 4M.C.BAIDHYABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8101.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–BAC swing
- +3.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 38.3%
- BAC share
- 0.0% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —