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139. Tollygunge

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-TOLLYGUNGE

CPM 63.0%won by 27.6%INC 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.3% to 27.6%.

  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
57,492
Margin
15,883
27.63%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1NIRANJAN SEN GUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,20263.0%
  2. 2DAS GUPTA ARABINDA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC20,31935.3%
  3. 3SACHINDRA NATH GANGULIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7621.3%
  4. 4GOPAL KRISHNA FOUZDARPBI · PBI1570.3%
  5. 5HIRENDRA NATH GUHA ROYNDF · NDF520.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+18.3%
CPM share
53.4% → 63.0%
INC share
44.1% → 35.3%
Turnout
— → —
138. Rashbehari Avenue140. Dhakuria
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