Constituency
203. Pataspur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-PATASPUR
CPI 51.2%won by 2.5%INC 48.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 2.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.2% — 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
56,809
Margin
1,409
2.48%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1K.D. MAHAPATRACommunist Party of India · CPI29,10951.2%
- 2JANARDAN SAHUIndian National Congress · INC27,70048.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −6.4%
- CPI share
- 54.4% → 51.2%
- INC share
- 45.6% → 48.8%
- Turnout
- — → —