Constituency
515. Vishnupur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-VISHNUPUR
INC 49.1%won by 13.7%BAC 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.4% to 13.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.2% to 57.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,20,033
Turnout
57.9%
Valid votes
3,01,325
Margin
41,190
13.67%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1P. MONDALIndian National Congress · INC1,48,02449.1%
- 2M. M. MALLICKBAC · BAC1,06,83435.5%
- 3R. P. DHIBARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM35,48111.8%
- 4C. SAHANABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,9863.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BAC swing
- −39.3%
- INC share
- 52.9% → 49.1%
- BAC share
- 0.0% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- 43.7% → 57.9%