Constituency
395. Tripura West
Community mirrorTripura · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-TRIPURA-WEST
INC 57.8%won by 15.5%CPM 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 41.8% to 57.8% of the vote here (+15.9%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 94.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.1% to 73.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,96,292
Turnout
73.6%
Valid votes
2,18,108
Margin
33,822
15.51%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1J. K. CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC1,25,96557.8%
- 2B. C. DUTTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM92,14342.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −26.3%
- INC share
- 41.8% → 57.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- 68.5% → 73.6%