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26. Goalpokhar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-GOALPOKHAR

PSP 45.5%won by 22.8%INC 22.7%

What changed here

Derived

Praja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 22.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Multi-cornered5 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
24,836
Margin
5,670
22.83%

Candidates

7 contested · winner PSP
  1. 1MOHAMAD SALIMUDDINPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,30845.5%
  2. 2SAMSUDDIN AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC5,63822.7%
  3. 3SK . SHARAFAT HUSSAINNDF · NDF4,36717.6%
  4. 4MITRA SUNIL KUMARHMS · HMS1,5486.2%
  5. 5ISMAILSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,3715.5%
  6. 6SARKAR NISHI KANTAPBI · PBI3781.5%
  7. 7MOFIZALKD · LKD2260.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
PSP
PSP–INC swing
+0.2%
PSP share
36.5% → 45.5%
INC share
13.9% → 22.7%
Turnout
— → —
25. Chopra27. Karandighi
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