Constituency
74. Ranaghat West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-RANAGHAT-WEST
CPM 53.7%won by 13.6%INC 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 13.6%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 42.5% to 53.7% of the vote here (+11.2%).
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
59,034
Margin
8,048
13.63%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1KUNDU GOURCHANDRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,70853.7%
- 2BENOY KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC23,66040.1%
- 3DAS SOURISANKARLKD · LKD2,1143.6%
- 4SARBEWAR SHATAKBiju Janata Dal · BJD1,1952.0%
- 5SACHINDRA NATH SARKARPBI · PBI3570.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +20.7%
- CPM share
- 42.5% → 53.7%
- INC share
- 49.6% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- — → —