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Constituency

279. Nalhati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1967

WB-NALHATI

IND 27.4%won by 4.4%INC 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 4.4%.

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

  • IND vote shareIND went from 22.5% to 27.4% of the vote here (+4.9%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.4% between them, down from 70.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
27,957
Margin
1,224
4.38%

Since 1962

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
INDINC swing
+24.4%
IND share
22.5% 27.4%
INC share
42.5% 23.0%
Turnout