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Constituency

53. Murshidabad

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-MURSHIDABAD

INC 39.8%won by 5.2%IND 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.6% to 5.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.5% between them, down from 88.6% — 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
42,603
Margin
2,216
5.20%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−12.4%
INC share
53.1% 39.8%
IND share
35.5% 34.6%
Turnout