Constituency
259. Raina
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1969
WB-RAINA
CPM 52.2%won by 14.8%INC 37.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 14.8%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 23.4% to 52.2% of the vote here (+28.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.6% of the vote between them, up from 73.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
47,520
Margin
7,037
14.81%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1GUHA PANCHU GOPALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,80352.2%
- 2DASHARATHI TAHIndian National Congress · INC17,76637.4%
- 3MIZRA MD. HOSSAINNDF · NDF4,1258.7%
- 4SUBIMAN GHOSEPraja Socialist Party · PSP8261.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +27.4%
- CPM share
- 23.4% → 52.2%
- INC share
- 36.0% → 37.4%
- Turnout
- — → —