Constituency
182. Khanakul
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-KHANAKUL
CPM 53.7%won by 10.2%INC 43.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.4% to 10.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
47,824
Margin
4,858
10.16%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1MADAN SAHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,66953.7%
- 2BASUDEV HAJRAIndian National Congress · INC20,81143.5%
- 3MANORANJAN HALLICKLKD · LKD1,3442.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −18.2%
- CPM share
- 64.2% → 53.7%
- INC share
- 35.8% → 43.5%
- Turnout
- — → —