Constituency
261. Memari
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-MEMARI
INC 49.5%won by 1.9%CPM 47.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 47.6% — 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
46,642
Margin
884
1.90%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1P . BISHAYEEIndian National Congress · INC23,10149.5%
- 2B . K . KONARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,21747.6%
- 3K . CHAKRABORTYFBL · FBL6671.4%
- 4H . GENPraja Socialist Party · PSP6571.4%
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–CPM swing
- −47.9%
- INC share
- 49.8% → 49.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 47.6%
- Turnout
- — → —