Constituency
105. Maheshtola
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-MAHESHTOLA
CPM 47.2%won by 16.9%INC 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 16.6% to 16.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.5% between them, down from 90.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
60,123
Margin
10,153
16.89%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SUDHIR CHANDRA BHANDARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,36747.2%
- 2BHUPENDRA NATH BIJALIIndian National Congress · INC18,21430.3%
- 3SK. MONSURPML · PML13,54222.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +0.3%
- CPM share
- 53.5% → 47.2%
- INC share
- 36.8% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- — → —