Election
Constituency

218. Jhargram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-JHARGRAM

BAC 46.7%won by 5.9%INC 40.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to BAC (BAC), which now leads by 5.9%.

  • BAC vote shareBAC went from 0.0% to 46.7% of the vote here (+46.7%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
50,495
Margin
2,976
5.89%

Candidates

4 contested · winner BAC
  1. 1DE PANCHKARIBAC · BAC23,59646.7%
  2. 2GHOSH PRAFULA CHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC20,62040.8%
  3. 3MAHENDRA NATH MAHATALKD · LKD4,1578.2%
  4. 4BESRA CHARUIndependent · IND2,1224.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
BACflipped
BAC–INC swing
+46.4%
BAC share
0.0% → 46.7%
INC share
40.5% → 40.8%
Turnout
— → —
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