Constituency
518. Burdwan
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BURDWAN
IND 51.3%won by 12.9%INC 38.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 12.9%.
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 51.3% of the vote here (+51.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.3% to 56.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,94,561
Turnout
56.4%
Valid votes
2,78,894
Margin
36,086
12.94%
Candidates
3 contested · winner IND- 1N. C. CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND1,43,01551.3%
- 2C. CHITTARANJANIndian National Congress · INC1,06,92938.3%
- 3S. GHOSEFBL · FBL28,95010.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +68.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 51.3%
- INC share
- 55.8% → 38.3%
- Turnout
- 52.1% → 56.4%