Constituency
116. Kakdwip
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-KAKDWIP
INC 73.5%won by 50.2%CPM 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.4% to 50.2%.
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 23.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 62.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
61,227
Margin
30,762
50.24%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1H.DHARAIndian National Congress · INC45,03173.5%
- 2H.MAITYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,26923.3%
- 3S.B.MONDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4532.4%
- 4C.C.MOIRAIndependent · IND4740.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- +15.9%
- INC share
- 34.4% → 73.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- — → —