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Constituency

83. Rajarhat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-RAJARHAT

CPM 44.8%won by 8.8%INC 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.3% to 8.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from BAC (BAC) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.8% of the vote between them, up from 54.3% — 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
53,206
Margin
4,678
8.79%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+1.6%
CPM share
30.3% 44.8%
INC share
23.1% 36.0%
Turnout