Constituency
265. Purbasthali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1967
WB-PURBASTHALI
CPM 46.8%won by 3.7%INC 43.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 3.7%.
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 46.8% of the vote here (+46.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.9% between them, down from 96.7% — 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
45,067
Margin
1,690
3.75%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1L . HAZRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,10846.8%
- 2RAMA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC19,41843.1%
- 3B . C . ROYIndependent · IND2,6715.9%
- 4B . B . DEBNATHPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,2802.8%
- 5U . S . K . GURUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5901.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +55.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 46.8%
- INC share
- 51.4% → 43.1%
- Turnout
- — → —