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Constituency

229. Kashipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-KASHIPUR

CPI 61.6%won by 31.3%INC 30.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 31.3%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 42.4% to 61.6% of the vote here (+19.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 86.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
31,831
Margin
9,973
31.33%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
+32.5%
CPI share
42.4% 61.6%
INC share
43.6% 30.3%
Turnout