Constituency
510. Contai
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-CONTAI
PSP 46.7%won by 4.8%INC 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 4.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 31.6% to 46.7% of the vote here (+15.1%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.3% to 69.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,12,594
Turnout
69.1%
Valid votes
3,54,309
Margin
17,169
4.85%
Candidates
3 contested · winner PSP- 1G. SAMARPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,65,47246.7%
- 2R. PALIndian National Congress · INC1,48,30341.9%
- 3P. B. SENSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP40,53411.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +31.3%
- PSP share
- 31.6% → 46.7%
- INC share
- 58.1% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- 62.9% → 69.1%