Constituency
126. Baranagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BARANAGAR
CPM 52.5%won by 5.8%INC 46.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.8%.
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 52.5% of the vote here (+52.5%).
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
59,721
Margin
3,459
5.79%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1J. BASUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,35452.5%
- 2N. BHATACHARJEEIndian National Congress · INC27,89546.7%
- 3B. H. RAOIndependent · IND4720.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +44.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 52.5%
- INC share
- 38.3% → 46.7%
- Turnout
- — → —