Constituency
144. Taltola
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-TALTOLA
CPM 59.9%won by 21.4%INC 38.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 21.4%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 33.7% to 59.9% of the vote here (+26.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 73.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
37,574
Margin
8,030
21.37%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1ABUL HASSANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,50659.9%
- 2KARAM HOSSAINIndian National Congress · INC14,47638.5%
- 3SATYENDRA ROYPBI · PBI3601.0%
- 4MD. ABUL FAZL SIDDIQUEMIL · MIL2320.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +27.4%
- CPM share
- 33.7% → 59.9%
- INC share
- 39.7% → 38.5%
- Turnout
- — → —