Constituency
137. Kalighat
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-KALIGHAT
INC 47.3%won by 1.4%CPM 46.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.4% to 1.4%.
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 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 46.0% — 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
51,493
Margin
705
1.37%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1B.MITRAIndian National Congress · INC24,37547.3%
- 2D.MAZUMDERCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,67046.0%
- 3D.R.CHOWDHURYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4952.9%
- 4S.K.BANERJEEIndependent · IND6541.3%
- 5N.K.ROYIndependent · IND5771.1%
- 6S.SIKDARIndependent · IND5281.0%
- 7B.JOGIIndependent · IND1940.4%
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
- −49.8%
- INC share
- 51.2% → 47.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 46.0%
- Turnout
- — → —