Constituency
499. Barrackpore
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BARRACKPORE
CPM 39.2%won by 6.3%CPI 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 39.2% of the vote here (+39.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.1% between them, down from 91.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,98,939
Turnout
69.2%
Valid votes
4,14,329
Margin
25,912
6.25%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1M. ISMAILCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,62,23139.2%
- 2R. CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,36,31932.9%
- 3R. DASIndian National Congress · INC1,15,77927.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–CPI swing
- +63.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 39.2%
- CPI share
- 57.6% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- 67.5% → 69.2%