Constituency
119. Naihati
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-NAIHATI
INC 46.8%won by 7.2%CPM 39.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.2%.
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 39.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.4% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.
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
56,838
Margin
4,104
7.22%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1G.BHATTACHARJEEIndian National Congress · INC26,61946.8%
- 2G.BASUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,51539.6%
- 3B.MUKUTMANICommunist Party of India · CPI7,44313.1%
- 4B.YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2610.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −39.3%
- INC share
- 46.5% → 46.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 39.6%
- Turnout
- — → —