Constituency
176. Polba
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-POLBA
CPM 51.5%won by 8.4%INC 43.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 8.4%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 40.7% to 51.5% of the vote here (+10.8%).
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
51,621
Margin
4,351
8.43%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1BRAJO GOPAL NEOGYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,59251.5%
- 2S.P. MUKHOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC22,24143.1%
- 3DASHARATHI GHOSHIndependent · IND1,1932.3%
- 4ANUKUL CHANDRA SAMADDARLKD · LKD9731.9%
- 5KIRTABASH CHAKRABARTYNDF · NDF6221.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +24.4%
- CPM share
- 40.7% → 51.5%
- INC share
- 56.7% → 43.1%
- Turnout
- — → —