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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 191

TamlukAssembly by-election result, 1967

A.Malakar (BAC) won Tamluk in the 1967 assembly by-election with 87.5% of the vote, beating H.Adhhikary (INC) by 30,321 votes.

19671967 by-elections196919711972

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1967 election. In 1962, seat no. 191 was Keshpur. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 1972. From 1977, seat no. 191 is Dhaniakhali. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

A.MALAKAR
BAC
BAC 87.5%INC 8.6%1 other 3.9%
Votes
33,606
87.5% share
Winning margin
30,321
79.0% of votes
Candidates
3

A comfortable win — A.MALAKAR won by 79.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
A.MALAKAR
BAC
BAC
33,60687.5%
2
H.ADHHIKARY
INC
INC
3,2858.6%
3
S.N.GHORI
IND
IND
1,4993.9%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
79.0%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially one

BAC took 88% of the votes.

Parties in the race 1.29

How did the vote split?

SEAT
87.5%won by BAC
BAC 87.5%INC 8.6%Others 3.9%

This seat number was reused from 2011. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2011, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Tamluk, 1967–1972

  1. 1967A.K. MUKHOPADHYAY (BAC), margin 63.3%
  2. 1969AJOY KUMAR MIKHOPADHYAY (BAC), margin 52.2%
  3. 1971AJOY KUMAR MUKHOPADHAYA (BAC), margin 39.4%
  4. 1972AJOY KUMAR MUKHERJEE (INC), margin 50.3%