Constituency
218. Jhargram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-JHARGRAM
IND 59.5%won by 18.9%INC 40.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 18.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 10.8% to 59.5% of the vote here (+48.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 79.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
45,005
Margin
8,515
18.92%
Candidates
2 contested · winner IND- 1P . C . GHOSHIndependent · IND26,76059.5%
- 2B . B . MALLADEBIndian National Congress · INC18,24540.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +51.7%
- IND share
- 10.8% → 59.5%
- INC share
- 43.5% → 40.5%
- Turnout
- — → —