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Constituency

244. Hirapur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-HIRAPUR

CPM 57.8%won by 15.6%INC 42.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 15.6%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 36.5% to 57.8% of the vote here (+21.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.9% — 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
43,872
Margin
6,840
15.59%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+17.4%
CPM share
36.5% 57.8%
INC share
38.3% 42.2%
Turnout