Constituency
487. Malda
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MALDA
INC 41.7%won by 9.4%IND 32.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.5% to 9.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.2% to 65.2%.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,53,070
Turnout
65.2%
Valid votes
2,95,333
Margin
27,749
9.40%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1U. ROYIndian National Congress · INC1,23,10541.7%
- 2S. K. MISRAIndependent · IND95,35632.3%
- 3S. ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI48,25416.3%
- 4H. M. A. SATTARSwatantra Party · SWA24,2888.2%
- 5M. A. H. ALHAJIndependent · IND4,3301.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −6.1%
- INC share
- 43.7% → 41.7%
- IND share
- 28.3% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- 49.9% → 65.2%