Constituency
243. Sonamukhi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-SONAMUKHI
CPM 58.1%won by 19.8%INC 38.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 19.8%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 28.6% to 58.1% of the vote here (+29.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 76.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
43,777
Margin
8,649
19.76%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SUKHENDU KHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,42258.1%
- 2KANAI LAL SAHAIndian National Congress · INC16,77338.3%
- 3LOHAR TARAPADANDF · NDF1,5823.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +38.8%
- CPM share
- 28.6% → 58.1%
- INC share
- 47.7% → 38.3%
- Turnout
- — → —