Constituency
237. Barjora
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BARJORA
INC 46.4%won by 3.4%CPM 43.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.1% to 46.4% of the vote here (+11.2%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 43.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
49,874
Margin
1,703
3.41%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1A . CHATTERJEEIndian National Congress · INC23,13446.4%
- 2A . K . RAJCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,43143.0%
- 3P . C . ROYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,30910.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −31.7%
- INC share
- 35.1% → 46.4%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 43.0%
- Turnout
- — → —