Constituency
496. Mathurapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MATHURAPUR
CPI 45.9%won by 3.2%INC 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 3.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.8% to 73.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,46,374
Turnout
73.9%
Valid votes
4,03,600
Margin
13,115
3.25%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1K. HALDARCommunist Party of India · CPI1,85,30045.9%
- 2P. S. NASKARIndian National Congress · INC1,72,18542.7%
- 3B. K. BANIKIndependent · IND23,1475.7%
- 4A. K. ROYIndependent · IND17,6504.4%
- 5M. M. HALDARIndependent · IND3,2180.8%
- 6S. B. MONDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,1000.5%
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
- +5.5%
- CPI share
- 48.9% → 45.9%
- INC share
- 51.1% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- 62.1% → 73.9%