Constituency
486. Balurghat
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BALURGHAT
INC 46.1%won by 8.3%CPM 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.4% to 62.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,55,601
Turnout
62.0%
Valid votes
2,82,516
Margin
23,449
8.30%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1J.N.PRAMANIKIndian National Congress · INC1,30,37946.1%
- 2D. P. KANTICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,06,93037.8%
- 3P. C. SARKARIndependent · IND25,6499.1%
- 4B. K. BARMANIndependent · IND19,5586.9%
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
- −39.8%
- INC share
- 48.1% → 46.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- 55.6% → 62.0%