Constituency
134. Chowringhee
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-CHOWRINGHEE
INC 57.8%won by 15.7%IND 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.6% to 15.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 93.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
36,205
Margin
5,669
15.66%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1RAY SIDDHARTHA SHANKARIndian National Congress · INC20,93757.8%
- 2AKANTALAL SINGHIndependent · IND15,26842.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −46.6%
- INC share
- 62.3% → 57.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- — → —