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Constituency

218. Jhargram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1967

WB-JHARGRAM

IND 59.5%won by 18.9%INC 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
45,005
Margin
8,515
18.92%

Candidates

2 contested · winner IND
  1. 1P . C . GHOSHIndependent · IND26,76059.5%
  2. 2B . B . MALLADEBIndian National Congress · INC18,24540.5%

Since 1962

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
INDINC swing
+51.7%
IND share
10.8% 59.5%
INC share
43.5% 40.5%
Turnout