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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969

280 seats · 142 changed party since 1967

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969 · 17 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 80 seatsIndian National Congress — 55 seatsBAC — 33 seatsCommunist Party of India — 30 seatsFBL — 21 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 12 seatsIndependent — 11 seats10 other parties — 38 seats141280of 280 seats
  • CPM80
  • INC55
  • BAC33
  • CPI30
  • FBL21
  • RSP12
  • IND11
  • Others38

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)8029%26,76,98120.0%97
INCIndian National Congress5520%55,38,62241.3%280
BACBAC3312%10,94,6548.2%49
CPICommunist Party of India3011%9,38,4727.0%36
FBLFBL218%6,71,6645.0%28
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party124%3,75,9832.8%17
INDIndependent114%4,81,0923.6%101
SSPSamyukta Socialist Party93%2,49,3621.9%15
SUCSUC73%2,02,7211.5%7
PSPPraja Socialist Party52%1,75,8901.3%24
LSSLSS41%99,8440.7%6
IGLIGL41%71,6650.5%4
PMLPML31%2,08,5741.6%40
RCIRCI21%51,1810.4%4
WPIWPI21%47,3910.4%2
NDFNDF10%1,18,6500.9%97
MFBMFB10%27,1430.2%1
LKDLKD00%1,39,5751.0%58

+ 9 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1969 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 141

1969 · selected
Majority 141
CPM80INC55BAC33CPI30FBL21RSP12IND11SSP9SUC7PSP5+7 more · 17 seats
1967 · previous
Majority 141

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1969

1967 1969· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
18.1
20.0
41.1
41.3
10.2
8.2
6.5
7.0
4.4
5.0
13.5
3.6
CPMINCBACCPIFBLIND

Seat change

1969 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
43 → 80
+37
INC
127 → 55
−72
BAC
34 → 33
−1
CPI
16 → 30
+14
FBL
13 → 21
+8
RSP
0 → 12
+12
IND
31 → 11
−20
SSP
7 → 9
+2
SUC
0 → 7
+7
PSP
7 → 5
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1969

share lostshare gained
RSP
0.0% → 2.8%
+2.8%
CPM
18.1% → 20.0%
+1.9%
PML
0.0% → 1.6%
+1.6%
SUC
0.0% → 1.5%
+1.5%
LKD
0.0% → 1.0%
+1.0%
NDF
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
LSS
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
FBL
4.4% → 5.0%
+0.6%
IGL
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
CPI
6.5% → 7.0%
+0.5%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1969. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward CPM
Mayureswar
+51.7%
Santipur
−51.6%
Howrah North
+51.3%
Beldanga
+48.3%
Kakdwip
+44.8%
Shampukur
−43.1%
Manteswar
+42.4%
Champdani
+42.0%
Sankrail
+41.6%
Dhakuria
−40.7%
Pursurah
−39.6%
Sonamukhi
+38.8%

Closest races · 1969

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1969

280 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967