Constituency
177. Balagarh
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BALAGARH
INC 45.2%won by 0.1%CPM 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.3% to 0.1%.
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 11.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 45.1% — 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
44,652
Margin
43
0.10%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1H . K . DASIndian National Congress · INC20,18345.2%
- 2A . PRAMANIKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,14045.1%
- 3K . C . ROYBAC · BAC4,3299.7%
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
- −56.7%
- INC share
- 56.8% → 45.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- — → —