Constituency
173. Singur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-SINGUR
INC 48.3%won by 21.2%CPM 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.1% to 21.2%.
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 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
54,133
Margin
11,503
21.25%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1P . PALIndian National Congress · INC26,12148.3%
- 2G . C . BANDOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,61827.0%
- 3A . K . BASUCommunist Party of India · CPI13,39424.7%
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
- −28.8%
- INC share
- 50.0% → 48.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- — → —