Constituency
489. Murshidabad
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MURSHIDABAD
IND 48.3%won by 5.1%INC 43.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.1% to 5.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.5% of the vote between them, up from 84.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 16.3% to 61.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,80,134
Turnout
61.0%
Valid votes
2,92,619
Margin
14,966
5.11%
Candidates
3 contested · winner IND- 1S. BADRUDDUJAIndependent · IND1,41,40248.3%
- 2M. K. BUKHSHIndian National Congress · INC1,26,43643.2%
- 3K. CHATTOPADHYAYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS24,7818.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–INC swing
- −4.0%
- IND share
- 47.0% → 48.3%
- INC share
- 37.9% → 43.2%
- Turnout
- 44.6% → 61.0%