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Constituency

247. Asansol

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

WB-ASANSOL

CPM 55.8%won by 14.8%INC 41.0%

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 14.8%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 33.9% to 55.8% of the vote here (+21.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 78.9% — 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
44,116
Margin
6,538
14.82%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+25.9%
CPM share
33.9% 55.8%
INC share
45.0% 41.0%
Turnout