Constituency
262. Kalna
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-KALNA
CPM 47.6%won by 2.7%INC 44.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 47.6% of the vote here (+47.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.5% between them, down from 98.5% — 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
46,511
Margin
1,251
2.69%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1H . K . KONARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,12847.6%
- 2D . B . GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC20,87744.9%
- 3N . K . ROYPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,2407.0%
- 4K . DASIndependent · IND2660.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +47.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 47.6%
- INC share
- 45.1% → 44.9%
- Turnout
- — → —