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Constituency

482. Cooch Behar

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967

IN-COOCH-BEHAR

FBL 51.6%won by 13.5%INC 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
  1. 1B. K. D. CHOWDHURYFBL · FBL1,67,97151.6%
  2. 2P. C. BARMANIndian National Congress · INC1,24,13538.1%
  3. 3S. C. R. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA33,43110.3%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
FB
Winner now
FBLflipped
FBLINC swing
+57.1%
FBL share
0.0% 51.6%
INC share
43.7% 38.1%
Turnout
47.0% 64.0%