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Constituency

186. Ghatal

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1967

WB-GHATAL

CPM 44.1%won by 11.9%INC 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 11.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 44.1% of the vote here (+44.1%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.4% 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,274
Margin
5,012
11.86%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+53.0%
CPM share
0.0% 44.1%
INC share
41.1% 32.2%
Turnout