Constituency
212. Kharagpur Local
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-KHARAGPUR-LOCAL
CPI 51.6%won by 3.2%INC 48.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.7% to 3.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — 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
44,305
Margin
1,399
3.16%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1DEBEN DASCommunist Party of India · CPI22,85251.6%
- 2BIJOY KRISHNA PATRAIndian National Congress · INC21,45348.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −8.6%
- CPI share
- 55.9% → 51.6%
- INC share
- 44.1% → 48.4%
- Turnout
- — → —