Constituency
225. Jaipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-JAIPUR
INC 32.9%won by 14.8%SWA 18.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: LSS (LSS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 18.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.9% between them, down from 79.2% — 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
30,975
Margin
4,598
14.84%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1R . K . MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC10,18032.9%
- 2D . R . SINGHASwatantra Party · SWA5,58218.0%
- 3N . C . ROYIndependent · IND4,66415.1%
- 4A . CHAUDHURYIndependent · IND3,35810.8%
- 5C . MAHATOIndependent · IND2,4027.8%
- 6K . MAHATOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,7655.7%
- 7P . MAHATOIndependent · IND1,6835.4%
- 8J . C . K . MAHTOIndependent · IND9543.1%
- 9S . A . OBAICULLAIndependent · IND3871.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- LSS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −17.2%
- INC share
- 32.0% → 32.9%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 18.0%
- Turnout
- — → —