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West Bengal Lok Sabha 1967

Results board · 40 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateWest Bengal
Seats
40
Constituencies
Majority
21
Seats needed of 40
Electors
2.02Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.34Cr
66.0% of electors
Median turnout
67.6%
Median of 40 seats
INC short
−7
Below majority · 14 − 21

[01]Seat matrix

40 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 40 seats: INC 14, IND 7, CPI(M) 5, CPI 5, BC 5, FB 2, PSP 1, SSP 1. Majority line at 21 seats. Hemicycle of 40 seats: INC 14, IND 7, CPI(M) 5, CPI 5, BC 5, FB 2, PSP 1, SSP 1. Majority line at 21 seats.
Majority · 21 of 40INC 14 · 7 short of majority
INC 1435.0% Indian National Congress
IND 717.5% Independents
CPI(M) 512.5% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
CPI 512.5% Communist Party of India
BC 512.5% Bangla Congress
FB 25.0% Forward Bloc
PSP 12.5% Praja Socialist Party
SSP 12.5% Samyukta Socialist Party

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 39.7%14 seats · 35.0%
CPI(M) 15.6%5 seats · 12.5%
BAC 9.4%Seats unmatched
CPI 9.1%5 seats · 12.5%
AIFB 4.9%0 seats
Others 21.3%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • IND7 seats
  • BC5 seats
  • FB2 seats
  • PSP1 seat
  • SSP1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 39.7% of votes into 35.0% of seats, a seat deficit of 4.7 pp.

    14 ÷ 40 = 35.0% · 35.0 − 39.7 = −4.7

  2. CPI(M) polled 15.6% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 5 seats (12.5%).

    5 ÷ 40 = 12.5% · 12.5 − 15.6 = −3.1

  3. Alipore was decided by 587 votes, the closest of 40 seats; Tamluk had the widest margin, 1,50,324.

    min / max of margin over 40 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 3 seats were won by a margin under 1%; CPI won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 3 of 40 · CPI 1

  5. In SC-reserved seats INC won 3 of 8 (37.5%), against 35.0% of all seats.

    3 ÷ 8 = 37.5% · 14 ÷ 40 = 35.0%

  6. Turnout ran from 52.0% in Birbhum to 80.8% in Tamluk; the median seat polled 67.6%.

    min / median / max over 40 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

40 of 40 seats carry a turnout
025507510067.6%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 1230.0% of seats
60–70 1230.0% of seats
70–80 1537.5% of seats
≥ 80% 12.5% of seats
  • LowestBirbhum52.0%
  • HighestTamluk80.8%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

40 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, West Bengal Lok Sabha 1967, all 40 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
438 Cooch BeharSC B. K. D. Chowdhury Forward Bloc 3,41,555 43,836 12.8 67.2
439 JalpaiguriST B. N. Katham Indian National Congress 2,90,975 16,888 5.8 65.0
440 Darjeeling M. Basu Independent 2,58,528 1,831 0.7 58.4
441 Raiganj C. K. Bhattacharyya Indian National Congress 2,76,115 990 0.4 56.7
442 BalurghatSC J.N.Pramanik Indian National Congress 2,97,118 23,449 7.9 65.2
443 Malda U. Roy Indian National Congress 3,08,145 27,749 9.0 68.0
444 Jangipur H. L. Haque Indian National Congress 2,98,529 51,689 17.3 57.4
445 Murshidabad S. Badrudduja Independent 3,06,654 14,966 4.9 63.9
446 Berhampore T. Chaudhuri Independent 3,29,355 8,628 2.6 63.6
447 Krishnagar H. Chattopadhyay Independent 3,43,935 32,797 9.5 74.0
448 NabadwipSC P. R. Thakur. Bangla Congress 3,64,599 79,096 21.7 72.4
449 Barasat R. N. Sen Communist Party of India 3,65,429 32,571 8.9 74.1
450 Basirhat H. Kabir Bangla Congress 3,53,335 1,41,639 40.1 71.1
451 JoynagarSC C. Roy Independent 3,73,749 29,071 7.8 71.1
452 MathurapurSC K. Haldar Communist Party of India 4,20,969 13,115 3.1 77.1
453 Diamond Harbour J. Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,94,853 70,974 18.0 74.3
454 AliporeCLOSEST I. Gupta Communist Party of India 3,85,961 587 0.2 68.2
455 Barrackpore M. Ismail Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,24,548 25,912 6.1 70.9
456 Calcutta North West A. K. Sen Indian National Congress 3,47,334 64,826 18.7 58.7
457 Calcutta North East H. Mukherjee Communist Party of India 3,54,874 14,143 4.0 64.5
458 Calcutta South G. Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,17,171 39,287 12.4 62.6
459 Howrah K. K. Chatterjee Indian National Congress 3,88,788 42,294 10.9 67.9
460 Uluberia J. K. Mondal Indian National Congress 3,81,423 18,025 4.7 73.8
461 Serampore B. Ghosh Indian National Congress 3,74,672 22,836 6.1 74.0
462 Hooghly B. K. Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,97,701 9,570 2.4 72.9
463 Arambagh A. Bose Forward Bloc 3,47,927 82,022 23.6 71.3
464 Ghatal G. Parimal Indian National Congress 3,48,573 28,910 8.3 73.3
465 TamlukWIDEST S. C. Samanta Bangla Congress 4,16,203 1,50,324 36.1 80.8
466 Contai G. Samar Praja Socialist Party 3,66,246 17,169 4.7 71.5
467 Midnapore S. N. Maity Bangla Congress 3,39,374 43,283 12.8 71.3
468 JhargramST A. K. Kisku. Bangla Congress 2,90,845 45,766 15.7 58.5
469 Purulia B. Mahato Independent 2,80,923 31,405 11.2 54.6
470 Bankura J. M. Biswas Communist Party of India 2,73,639 29,770 10.9 52.6
471 VishnupurSC P. Mondal Indian National Congress 3,15,034 41,190 13.1 60.6
472 AusgramSC B. Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,08,908 8,858 2.9 58.8
473 Asansol D. Sen Samyukta Socialist Party 2,55,556 6,992 2.7 57.6
474 Burdwan N. C. Chatterjee Independent 2,93,266 36,086 12.3 59.3
475 Katwa D. Sen Indian National Congress 3,34,989 10,955 3.3 68.9
476 Bholpur A. K. Chanda Indian National Congress 2,59,965 13,632 5.2 53.8
477 BirbhumSC S. K. Saha Indian National Congress 2,42,686 32,217 13.3 52.0
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,50,324 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1967 · West Bengal · 40 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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