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Constituency

102. Behala East

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-BEHALA-EAST

CPM 63.0%won by 28.2%INC 34.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.1% to 28.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 80.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
47,012
Margin
13,251
28.19%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+17.1%
CPM share
45.8% 63.0%
INC share
34.7% 34.8%
Turnout