Constituency
132. Barabazar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BARABAZAR
INC 54.5%won by 17.5%BJS 37.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 60.6% to 17.5%.
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 20.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 37.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
51,684
Margin
9,044
17.50%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1I.D.JALANIndian National Congress · INC28,16654.5%
- 2B.P.KEDIABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS19,12237.0%
- 3R.S.PANDEYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,5524.9%
- 4L.SHAWARMALIndependent · IND9361.8%
- 5B.R.KISANIndependent · IND5501.1%
- 6G.RATHIIndependent · IND1800.3%
- 7R.P.SHUKLAIndependent · IND1780.3%
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–BJS swing
- −57.1%
- INC share
- 74.6% → 54.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 37.0%
- Turnout
- — → —