Constituency
197. Khajuri
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-KHAJURI
INC 39.7%won by 5.4%BAC 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.0% to 5.4%.
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 25.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.0% 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
45,084
Margin
2,442
5.42%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1B . PAIKIndian National Congress · INC17,89439.7%
- 2A . K . DASBAC · BAC15,45234.3%
- 3L . B . DASSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP11,44325.4%
- 4S . B . MONDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2950.7%
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–BAC swing
- −60.1%
- INC share
- 65.5% → 39.7%
- BAC share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —