Constituency
134. Chowringhee
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-CHOWRINGHEE
INC 62.3%won by 30.6%CPM 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.5% to 30.6%.
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 9.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 31.6% — 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
36,864
Margin
11,296
30.64%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1S.S.RAYIndian National Congress · INC22,95462.3%
- 2S.GUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,65831.6%
- 3G.A.W.ROZEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,2526.1%
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
- −41.4%
- INC share
- 72.1% → 62.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- — → —