Election
Constituency

103. Behala West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-BEHALA-WEST

CPM 57.0%won by 23.9%INC 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.9% to 23.9%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
67,058
Margin
16,053
23.94%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+12.1%
CPM share
55.9% 57.0%
INC share
44.1% 33.1%
Turnout