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Constituency

37. Gajol

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-GAJOL

INC 52.1%won by 11.6%CPM 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.5% to 11.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 85.0% — 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
36,172
Margin
4,182
11.56%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
−16.0%
INC share
56.3% 52.1%
CPM share
28.7% 40.6%
Turnout