Constituency
18. Jalpaiguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-JALPAIGURI
INC 49.9%won by 21.6%CPM 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.9% to 49.9% of the vote here (+4.0%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 28.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.2% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,338
Margin
11,088
21.60%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1ANUPAM SENIndian National Congress · INC25,60849.9%
- 2PARSWH CHANDRA MTRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,52028.3%
- 3KANU CHAKROBARTYCommunist Party of India · CPI7,55114.7%
- 4GIRISH CHANDRA DEB SINGHAIndependent · IND1,9283.8%
- 5ARUNANSHU BHOWMICKNCO · NCO9881.9%
- 6BIBHUTI BHUSHAN SARKARBAC · BAC7431.4%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −24.3%
- INC share
- 45.9% → 49.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- — → —