Constituency
493. Barasat
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BARASAT
CPI 40.8%won by 9.2%INC 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 9.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 37.7% to 40.8% of the vote here (+3.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.4% between them, down from 87.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.4% to 71.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,93,226
Turnout
71.4%
Valid votes
3,52,320
Margin
32,571
9.24%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1R. N. SENCommunist Party of India · CPI1,43,88340.8%
- 2A. C. GUHAIndian National Congress · INC1,11,31231.6%
- 3J. N. MONDALRPI · RPI84,64424.0%
- 4K. B. ROYIndependent · IND12,4813.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +21.7%
- CPI share
- 37.7% → 40.8%
- INC share
- 50.2% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- 58.0% → 71.4%