Constituency
517. Asansol
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-ASANSOL
SSP 40.6%won by 2.9%INC 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 2.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 40.6% of the vote here (+40.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.3% of the vote between them, up from 72.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.0% to 55.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,43,945
Turnout
55.1%
Valid votes
2,44,739
Margin
6,992
2.86%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SSP- 1D. SENSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP99,27640.6%
- 2J. N. MUKHOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC92,28437.7%
- 3K. S. ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI49,13820.1%
- 4H. S. ROYIndependent · IND4,0411.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–INC swing
- +41.7%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 40.6%
- INC share
- 38.8% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- 40.1% → 55.1%