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Constituency

36. Habibpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-HABIBPUR

CPI 47.1%won by 0.1%INC 47.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 0.1%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 34 votes (0.07%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
46,535
Margin
34
0.07%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1NIMAI CHAND MURMUCommunist Party of India · CPI21,93847.1%
  2. 2BOILA MURMUIndian National Congress · INC21,90447.1%
  3. 3NIMAI MURMUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,6935.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+1.4%
CPI share
46.1% → 47.1%
INC share
47.5% → 47.1%
Turnout
— → —
35. Tapan37. Gajol
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