Constituency
142. Beliaghata South
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BELIAGHATA-SOUTH
INC 56.1%won by 12.2%CPM 43.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.5% to 12.2%.
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 43.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
41,485
Margin
5,061
12.20%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1G . P . ROYIndian National Congress · INC23,27356.1%
- 2R . S . PRASADCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,21243.9%
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
- −34.0%
- INC share
- 46.2% → 56.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 43.9%
- Turnout
- — → —