Constituency
494. Basirhat
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BASIRHAT
BAC 70.9%won by 41.7%INC 29.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BAC (BAC), which now leads by 41.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BAC vote shareBAC went from 0.0% to 70.9% of the vote here (+70.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.4% to 68.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,96,679
Turnout
68.3%
Valid votes
3,39,343
Margin
1,41,639
41.74%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BAC- 1H. KABIRBAC · BAC2,40,49170.9%
- 2A. K. M. ISHAQUEIndian National Congress · INC98,85229.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BACflipped
- BAC–INC swing
- +95.5%
- BAC share
- 0.0% → 70.9%
- INC share
- 53.7% → 29.1%
- Turnout
- 59.9% → 68.3%