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Constituency

9. Kumargram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-KUMARGRAM

INC 48.2%won by 13.6%CPM 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.2% to 13.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.7% of the vote between them, up from 64.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
39,832
Margin
5,437
13.65%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PIJISH KANTI MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC19,19748.2%
  2. 2RANJIT DAS GUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,76034.5%
  3. 3MICHAEL BASUMATANDF · NDF4,34510.9%
  4. 4SANKHAPATI ROYIndependent · IND1,8194.6%
  5. 5KALIPADA CHATTOPADHAYAPBI · PBI7111.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−4.5%
INC share
41.3% → 48.2%
CPM share
23.1% → 34.5%
Turnout
— → —
8. Tufanganj10. Kalchini
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