Constituency
238. Bankura
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BANKURA
INC 30.9%won by 0.0%CPI 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.7% between them, down from 68.1% — the field split more ways.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 15 votes (0.03%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
45,710
Margin
15
0.03%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1S . MITRAIndian National Congress · INC14,10530.9%
- 2B . GHOSHCommunist Party of India · CPI14,09030.8%
- 3R . K . BISWASIndependent · IND9,55820.9%
- 4P . K . MULLICKIndependent · IND6,41214.0%
- 5K . DESamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,5453.4%
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–CPI swing
- +1.7%
- INC share
- 33.2% → 30.9%
- CPI share
- 34.9% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —