Constituency
237. Barjora
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-BARJORA
CPM 60.6%won by 28.6%INC 32.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 28.6%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 43.0% to 60.6% of the vote here (+17.6%).
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
54,416
Margin
15,549
28.57%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1ASWINI KUMAR RAJCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,97860.6%
- 2A.P. CHATTOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC17,42932.0%
- 3HARI PADA MANDALNDF · NDF1,4992.8%
- 4GOURANGA SENPBI · PBI1,4302.6%
- 5GHOSH BISWANATHLKD · LKD1,0802.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +32.0%
- CPM share
- 43.0% → 60.6%
- INC share
- 46.4% → 32.0%
- Turnout
- — → —