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Constituency

211. Kharagpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1967

WB-KHARAGPUR

CPI 49.0%won by 4.7%INC 44.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.8% to 4.7%.

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 3.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,053
Margin
1,932
4.71%

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
CPI
CPIINC swing
−8.1%
CPI share
52.0% 49.0%
INC share
39.2% 44.3%
Turnout