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13. Madarihat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-MADARIHAT

RSP 33.1%won by 8.5%IND 24.6%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 8.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 24.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.7% between them, down from 90.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
37,128
Margin
3,154
8.49%

Candidates

7 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1A. H. BESTERWITCHRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP12,29133.1%
  2. 2PAHAN KHUDIRAMIndependent · IND9,13724.6%
  3. 3PABAN KUMAR ROYIndian National Congress · INC7,56920.4%
  4. 4MAHALI BUDHRAMSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3,4449.3%
  5. 5BILASH BHAGATCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,9177.9%
  6. 6DHIRENDRA NARJINARAINCO · NCO1,2043.2%
  7. 7SUMRA URAONIndependent · IND5661.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–IND swing
−37.6%
RSP share
46.1% → 33.1%
IND share
0.0% → 24.6%
Turnout
— → —
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