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Constituency

5. Dinhata

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-DINHATA

INC 45.1%won by 4.5%FBL 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 4.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% between them, down from 97.5% — 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
53,715
Margin
2,426
4.52%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCFBL swing
−4.9%
INC share
53.5% 45.1%
FBL share
44.1% 40.6%
Turnout