Constituency
256. Burdwan North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-BURDWAN-NORTH
CPM 60.9%won by 27.2%INC 33.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.6% to 27.2%.
- 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
46,458
Margin
12,646
27.22%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1DEBARATA DATTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,29260.9%
- 2JIBEN KRISHNA BISWASIndian National Congress · INC15,64633.7%
- 3MOHMMED IQBAL QUADERYIndependent · IND1,4513.1%
- 4DURGA PADA NANDIPBI · PBI1,0692.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +20.6%
- CPM share
- 48.5% → 60.9%
- INC share
- 41.9% → 33.7%
- Turnout
- — → —