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Constituency

2. Mathabhanga

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-MATHABHANGA

INC 45.1%won by 6.2%CPM 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
47,279
Margin
2,916
6.17%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
+3.2%
INC share
51.5% 45.1%
CPM share
48.5% 38.9%
Turnout