Constituency
513. Purulia
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-PURULIA
IND 45.1%won by 11.8%INC 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: LSS (LSS) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 11.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 45.1% of the vote here (+45.1%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.7% to 51.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,14,651
Turnout
51.8%
Valid votes
2,66,623
Margin
31,405
11.78%
Candidates
4 contested · winner IND- 1B. MAHATOIndependent · IND1,20,18945.1%
- 2S. MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC88,78433.3%
- 3R. N. MAHATOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS29,03110.9%
- 4S. BAKSHIIndependent · IND28,61910.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- LSS
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +49.0%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 45.1%
- INC share
- 37.2% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- 38.1% → 51.8%