Constituency
482. Cooch Behar
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-COOCH-BEHAR
FBL 51.6%won by 13.5%INC 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: FB (FB) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 13.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- FBL vote shareFBL went from 0.0% to 51.6% of the vote here (+51.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 17.0% to 64.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,08,364
Turnout
64.0%
Valid votes
3,25,537
Margin
43,836
13.47%
Candidates
3 contested · winner FBL- 1B. K. D. CHOWDHURYFBL · FBL1,67,97151.6%
- 2P. C. BARMANIndian National Congress · INC1,24,13538.1%
- 3S. C. R. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA33,43110.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- FB
- Winner now
- FBLflipped
- FBL–INC swing
- +57.1%
- FBL share
- 0.0% → 51.6%
- INC share
- 43.7% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- 47.0% → 64.0%