Election
Constituency

268. Ketugram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1967

WB-KETUGRAM

INC 52.5%won by 5.1%CPM 47.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 23.3% to 52.5% of the vote here (+29.3%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 47.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 63.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
39,225
Margin
1,997
5.09%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1P. MANDALIndian National Congress · INC20,61152.5%
  2. 2N. DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,61447.5%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
−18.2%
INC share
23.3% 52.5%
CPM share
0.0% 47.5%
Turnout