Constituency
506. Hooghly
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-HOOGHLY
CPM 51.2%won by 2.5%INC 48.8%
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 2.5%.
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 51.2% of the vote here (+51.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 68.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.8% to 71.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,45,246
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
3,86,888
Margin
9,570
2.47%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPM- 1B. K. MODAKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,98,22951.2%
- 2P. K. PALITIndian National Congress · INC1,88,65948.8%
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–INC swing
- +36.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 51.2%
- INC share
- 33.8% → 48.8%
- Turnout
- 61.1% → 71.0%