Constituency
2. Mathabhanga
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-MATHABHANGA
INC 45.1%won by 6.2%CPM 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.0% to 6.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
47,279
Margin
2,916
6.17%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1BIRENDRA NATH ROYIndian National Congress · INC21,30245.1%
- 2DINESH CHANDRA DAKUACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,38638.9%
- 3MUKUNDA NATH BARMANFBL · FBL2,5405.4%
- 4KUMAR NIDHI NARAYANNCO · NCO2,1984.6%
- 5ASHOK KUMAR ROYBASUNIAIndependent · IND1,4433.1%
- 6ABINASH SINGHABAC · BAC1,4103.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- +3.2%
- INC share
- 51.5% → 45.1%
- CPM share
- 48.5% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- — → —