Constituency
503. Howrah
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-HOWRAH
INC 46.7%won by 11.2%CPM 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 41.2% to 46.7% of the vote here (+5.5%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.2% to 66.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,72,727
Turnout
66.0%
Valid votes
3,78,270
Margin
42,294
11.18%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1K. K. CHATTERJEEIndian National Congress · INC1,76,46946.7%
- 2S. MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,34,17535.5%
- 3M. ELIASCommunist Party of India · CPI67,62617.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −30.0%
- INC share
- 41.2% → 46.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- 60.8% → 66.0%