West Bengal · Parliament (Lok Sabha) Election 1967 SC
B. K. D. Chowdhury of Forward Bloc won the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal in the 1967 general election, with a winning margin of 43,836 votes (12.80%).
3 candidates contested this seat. The constituency had 508,364 registered electors and 341,555 votes were polled, recording a turnout of 67.20%. This is a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved constituency. Full candidate-wise vote breakdown, vote shares, and constituency statistics are below.
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In the 1967 Lok Sabha election, B. K. D. Chowdhury of Forward Bloc secured victory in the Cooch Behar constituency (West Bengal) with a margin of 43,836 votes. This is a constituency reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates, ensuring representation of marginalized communities in India's Parliament.
Out of 508,364 registered electors, 341,555 votes were polled, resulting in a turnout of 67.20%. A total of 3 candidates contested from this constituency. The vote share chart above visualizes how votes were distributed among the candidates.
India uses the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system where the candidate with the most votes wins. The margin percentage indicates how decisive the victory was relative to total votes polled. Explore related constituencies and historical results below.
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