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Constituency

10. Kalchini

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-KALCHINI

INC 38.8%won by 7.0%PSP 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.5% to 7.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% between them, down from 98.8% — 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
27,555
Margin
1,938
7.03%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−56.1%
INC share
63.2% 38.8%
PSP share
0.0% 31.7%
Turnout