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Constituency

105. Maheshtola

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-MAHESHTOLA

CPM 47.2%won by 16.9%INC 30.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
60,123
Margin
10,153
16.89%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+0.3%
CPM share
53.5% 47.2%
INC share
36.8% 30.3%
Turnout