Constituency
254. Bhatar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-BHATAR
INC 38.2%won by 2.0%CPI 36.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 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
32,210
Margin
653
2.03%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1S . HAZRAIndian National Congress · INC12,29138.2%
- 2A . ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI11,63836.1%
- 3R . DUTTAIndependent · IND8,28125.7%
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
- +17.3%
- INC share
- 40.0% → 38.2%
- CPI share
- 55.4% → 36.1%
- Turnout
- — → —